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PHILADELPHIA: 

PUBLISHED  BY  A.  FINLEY,  N.  E.  CORNER  OF  CHESNUT 
A>'D  FOURTH  STREETS. 

1822. 


BRIEF  ACCOUNT 

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THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  kc, 

CHAPTER  I. 

The  Rise  and  Establishment  of  the  Seminary, 

The  importance  of  the  union  of  piety  and  learning 
in  the  Holy  Ministry,  is  one  of  those  radical  principles 
of  ecclesiastical  wisdom,  which  the  experience  of  ages  has 
served  more  and  more  to  confirm.  If  the  priests'*  lips 
were  oC  old  to  keep  knowledge;  if  the  Ministers  of  the 
Gospel  are  bound  to  feed  the  people  with  knowledge  and 
with  understanding ;  then  nothing  can  be  plainer  than 
that  ignorance,  or  small  and  indigested  knowledge  is, 
next  to  tlie  want  of  piety,  one  of  the  most  serious  defects 
in  a  candidate  for  the  sacred  office.  It  is  equally  plain, 
that  if  this  great  concern  be  properly  directed,  especially 
if  it  be  directed  with  order  and  uniformity,  it  must  be 
attended  to  by  the  Church  herself.  That  which  is  left 
to  individual  enterprize  and  caprice,  may  sometimes  be 
well  managed,  but  will  seldom  be  managed  in  any  two 


cases  alike.  Besides,  unless  the  Church  take  this  mat- 
ter into  her  own  hands,  she  can  not  inspect  and  control  the 
education  which  her  candidates  for  the  holy  ministry 
receive.  Her  most  precious  fountains  may  be  poisoned 
without  her  being  able  lb  apply  an  effectual  remedy. 
No  Church,  therefore,  which  neglects  the  proper  edu- 
cation of  her  Ministers,  can  be  considered  as  faithful, 
either  to  her  own  most  vital  interests,  or  to  the  honour 
of  her  divine  Head  and  Lord. 

Impressed  with  these  solemn  convictions,  a  number  of 
the  Ministers  and  other  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  long  before  the  establishment  of  their  Semina- 
ry, deeply  lamented  the  want  of  such  an  Institution,  and 
saw  with  much  pain  the  extreme  disadvantages  under 
which  their  candidates  for  the  ministry  laboured,  in  pur- 
suing their  theological  studies.  They  saw  young  men, 
with  very  small  previous  acquirements  in  literature 
and  science,  after  devoting  only  twelve  or  eighteen 
months,  and  in  some  instances,  much  less,  to  the  study 
of  Theology;  and  even  for  that  short  time,  almost  wholly 
without  suitable  helps,  taking  on  themselves  the  most 
weighty  and  responsible  of  all  offices. 

They  saw,  at  the  same  time,  the  "  Reformed  Dutch 
Church,"  the  ''  Associate  Reformed  Church,"  and  the 
descendants  of  the  venerable  Puritans  in  New-England, 
all  going  before  them  in  an  honourable  and  successful 
career  of  exertion,  to  remove  these  disadvantages  and  to 
establish  Seminaries  for  the  instruction  of  their  candi- 


dates  for  the  ministry:  and  they  perceived,  that,  unless 
tlie  Presbyterian  Church  sliouhl  imitate  their  example, 
-while  other  denominations  rose  and  flourished,   and  be- 
came the  means  of  extensive  blessings  to  their  country, 
she  must  inevitably  decline,  and  fall  into  a  stale  discour- 
aging weakness,  inferiority,  and  comparative  uselessness. 
Accordingly,  after  long  waiting,  and  after  much  coun- 
sel and  prayer,  the  proposal  to  establish  a  Theological 
Seminary  for  the  Presbyterian  Church,  was  first  intro- 
duced into  the  General  Assembly,  during  the  sessions  of 
that  body  in  May,  A.  D.  1809.     It  was  introduced  in 
form  of  an  overture  or  proposal  from  the  Presbytery  of 
PhiladelpJua.     This  overture  was  so  far  countenanced 
by  the  Assembly  as  to  be  referred  to  a  select  committee, 
who,  after  due  deliberation  on  the  subject,  brought  in 
the  following  Report,  which,  being  read,  was  adopted, 
and  became  the  act  of  the  Assembly,  in  the  following 
words;  viz. 

"  The  Committee  appointed  on  the  subject  of  a  Theo- 
logical School,  overtured  fiom  the  Presbytery  o[  Phila- 
delphia^ report, 

''  That  three  modes  of  compassing  this  important  ob- 
ject have  presented   themselves  to  their   consideration. 

'-'-  The  first  is,  to  establish  One  great  School^  in  some 
conv(  nient  place  near  the  centre  of  the  bounds  of  our 
church. 

''  The  second  iSy  to  establish  two  such  Schools,  in  such 
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places  as  may  best  accommodate  the  northern  and  south  - 
crn  division  of  the  Church. 

*'  The  third  is,  to  establish  such  a  School  within  the 
bounds  of  each  of  the  Synods.  •  In  this  case,  your  Com- 
mittee suggest  the  propriety  of  leaving  it  to  each  Synod 
to  direct  the  mode  of  forming  the  School,  and  the  place 
where  it  shall  be  established. 

''  The  advantages  attending  the  first  of  the  proposed 
modes,  arc,  that  it  would  be  furnished  with  larger Junds^ 
and  therefore,  with  a  more  extensive  library  and  a  greater 
number  of  Professors.  The  system  of  education  pursued  in 
it  would  therefore  be  more  extensive,  and  more  perfect: 
the  youth  educated  in  itwould  also  become  more  united  in 
the  same  views,  and  contract  an  earlv  and  lastins;  friend- 
ship  for  each  other;  circumstances  which  would  not  fail 
of  promoting  harmony  and  prosperity  in  the  church. 
The  disadvantages  attending  this  mode  would  be,  prin- 
cipally, those  derived  from  the  distance  of  its  position 
from  the  extremities  of  the  Presbyterian  bounds. 

"  The  advantages  attending  the  second  of  the  propo- 
sed modes  and  the  disadvantages^  will  readily  suggest 
themselves,  from  a  comparison  of  this  with  the  other  two. 

"  The  advantages  which  would  attend  the  thirds  to 
wit,  the  establishment  of  theological  Schools  by  the  re- 
spective Synods,  would  be  the  following.  The  local  sit- 
uation of  the  respective  Schools  would  be  peculiarly 
convenient  for  the  several  parts  of  a  country  so  extensive, 
as  that  for    the  benefit  of  which   they  were   designed. 


The  inhabitants  having  the  Seminaries  brought  near  to 
them  would  ieel  a  peculiar  interest  in  tlieir  prosperity, 
and  may  be  rationally  expected  to  contribute  much  more 
liberally  than  to  any  single  School  or  even  to  two. — 
The  Synods,  also,  having  the  immediate  care  of  them, 
and  directing,  either  in  person  or  by  delegation,  all  their 
concerns,  would  feel  a  similar  interest  and  would  proba- 
bly be  better  pleased  with  a  system  formed  by  them- 
selves, and  therefore  peculiarly  suited  to  the  wishes  and 
interests  of  the  several  parts  of  the  Church  immediately 
under  their  direction.  Greater  efforts,  therefore,  may  be 
expected  from  ministers  and  people,  to  promote  the  pros- 
perity of  these  Schools,  than  of  any  other.  The  disadvan- 
tages of  this  mode  would  be,  the  inferiority  of  the  funds; 
a  smaller  number  ofProfessors;  a  smaller  Library,  and  a 
more  limited  system  of  education  in  each.  The  students, 
also,  as  now,  would  be  strangers  to  each  other. 

"  Should  the  last  of  these  modes  be  adopted,  your  com- 
mittee are  of  the  opinion,  that  every  thing  pertaining  to 
the  erection  and  conduct  of  each  school,  should  be  left 
to  the  direction  of  the  respective  Synods.  If  either  of 
the  first,  the  whole  should  be  subject  to  the  control  of 
the  General  Assembly. 

••'  Your  committee  also  suggest,  that,  in  the  former  of 
these  cases,  the  funds  for  each  School  should  be  raised 
within  the  bounds  of  the  Synod  within  which  it  was 
stationed.  In  the  latter,  they  should  be  collected  from 
the  whole  body  of  the  Church, 


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*'  Your  committee,  therefore,  submit  the  following  re- 
solution, (o  wit: 

*'  Resolved,  that  the  above  Plans  be  submitted  to  all 
the  Presbyteries  within  the  bounds  of  the  General  As- 
sembly, for  their  consideration;  and  that  they  be  careful 
to  send  up  to  the  next  Assembly,  at  their  Sessions  in 
May,  1810,  their  opinions  on  the  subject." 

Agreeably  to  this  Resolution,  the  three  alternate  plans 
which  it  contemplates,  were  sent  down  to  all  the  Pres- 
byteries, to  be  considered  and   decided  upon  by    them, 

At  the  meeting  of  the  next  General  Assembly,  in  May, 
1810,  the  Presbyteries  were  called  upon  to  state  what 
they  had  respectively  done  with  respect  to  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  last  Assembly,  relative  to  the  esta'olish- 
ment  of  a  Theological  School.  The  reports  from  the 
several  Presbyteries  on  this  subject,  having  been  read, 
were  referred  to  a  select  Committee  to  coiisider  and  re- 
port on  the  same.  This  committee  made  a  report  which 
beii)<]j  read  and  amended,  was  adopted,  as  follows,  viz. 

"  The  Committee,  after  maturely  deliberating  on  the 
sul-ject  committed  to  them,  submit  to  the  Assembly  the 
following  resuiis. 

I.  "  It  is  evident,  that  not  only  a  majority  of  the  Pres- 
byteries which  have  reported  on  this  subject,  but  also  a 
majority  of  all  the  Presbyteries  under  the  care  of  this 
Assembly,  have  expn  ssed  a  decided  opinion  in  favour 
of  the  establishment  of  a  Theological  School  or  Schools 
in  our  Church. 


II.  *'  It  appears  to  the  Committee,  that  although  ac- 
cording to  the  statement  ah'eady  reported  to  the  Assem- 
bly, there  is  an  equal  number  of  Presbyteries  in  favour  of 
the  first  plan  which  contemplates  a  single  School  for  the 
whole  Church;  and  in  favour  of  the  third  plan,  which 
contemplates  the  erection  of  a  School  in  each  Synod; 
yet,  as  several  of  the  objections  made  to  the  first  plan,  are 
founded  entirely  on  misconception,*  and  will  be  com- 
pletely obviated  by  developing  the  details  of  tliat  plan;  it 
seems  fairly  to  follow  that  there  is  a  greater  amount  of 
Presbyterial  suffrage  in  favour  of  a  single  School,  than 
of  any  other  plan. 

III.  "Under these  circumstances,  the  Committee  are 
of  opinion,  that,  as  much  light  has  been  obtained,- from 
the  reports  of  Presbyteries,  on  this  subject,  as  would  be 
likely  to  result  from  a  renewal  of  the  reference;  that  no 
advantage  will  probably  arise  from  further  delay  in  this 
important  concern;  but,  on  the  contrary,  much  serious  in- 

*  Some  of  the  Presbyteries  objected  to  a  single  Theological  Se- 
minary, for  the  whole  Church,  because  they  apprehended  that,  if 
this  plan  were  adopted,  every  Presbytery  woidd  become  thereby 
bound  to  send  all  their  candidates  to  study  in  it,  however  incon- 
venient or  expensive  it  might  be.  Others  were  fearful,  that  the 
Professors,  in  such  a  Seminary,  if  they  were  not  formally  em- 
powered to  iiccnse  candidates  to  preach  the  Gospel,  might  be 
clothed  with  powers  out  of  which  such  an  abuse  would  naturally 
grow,  thereby  endangering  both  the  purity  and  peace  of  the 
Church,  and  giving  to  a  i'ew  men  very  dangerous  influence.  It 
was  for  the  purpose  of  obviating  these,  and  other  objections  to 
a  single  Seminary,  that  the  sLvt/i,  seventh  and  eighth  Resolutions, 
in  a  subsequent  page,  were  adopted  by  the  General  Assemblr. 


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convenience  and  evil;  that  the  present  General  Assenmbly 
is  bound  to  attempt  to  carry  into  execution  some  one  of 
the  phins  proposed;  and  that  the  tirst  plan,  appearing  to 
have,  on  the  whole,  the  greatest  share  of  public  sentiment 
in  its  favour,  ought,  of  course,  to  be  adopted. 

IV.  "  Your  Committee,  therefore,  recommend,  that  the 
present  General  Assembly  declare  its  approbation  and 
adoption  of  this  j)lan,  and  im.;  ediately  conmience  a 
course  of  measures  for  carrying  it  into  execution,  as 
promptly  and  extensively  as  possible;  and,  for  this  pur- 
pose they  recommended  to  the  Assembly  the  adoption  of 
the  following  Resolutions,  viz. — 

Resolved  1.  "  That  the  state  of  our  Churches,  the 
loud  and  affecting  calls  of  destitute  frontier  settlements, 
and  the  laudable  exertions  of  various  Christian  denomi- 
nations around  us,  ail  demand,  that  the  collected  wisdom, 
piety  and  zeal  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  be,  without 
delay,  called  into  action,  for  furnishing  the  Church  with 
a  larger  supply  of  able  and  faithful  ministers. 

2.  ''  That  the  General  Assembly  will,  in  the  name  of 
the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  iinmediately  attempt  to 
establish  a  Seminary  for  securing  to  candidates  for  the 
ministry  more  extensive  and  efficient  theological  in- 
struction, than  they  have  heretofore  enjoyed*  The  lo- 
cal situation  of  this  Seminary  is  hereafter  to  be  deter- 
mined. 

3.  "That  in  this  Seminary,  when  completely  organiz- 
ed, there  shall  be,  at  least,  three  Professors;   who  shall 


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te  elected  by  and  hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure 
of  the  Genera!  Assembly;  and  who  shall  give  a  regular 
course  of  instruction  in  Divinity,  in  Oriental  and  Bibli- 
cal Literature,  and  in  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church 
Government,  and  on  such  other  subjects  as  may  be  deem- 
ed necessary.  It  being,  however,  understood,  that,  un- 
til sufTicient  funds  can  be  obtained  for  the  complete  or- 
ganization and  support  of  the  proposed  Seminary,  a 
smaller  number  of  Professors  than  three  may  be  appointed 
to  commence  the  business  oi  instruction. 

4.  "  That  exertions  be  made  to  provide  such  an 
amount  of  funds  for  this  Seminary,  as  will  enable  its 
conductors  to  afibrd  gratuitous  instruction,  and,  where 
it  is  necessary,  gratuitous  support,  to  all  such  students  as 
may  not  themselves  possess  adequate  pecuniary  means. 

5.  "That the  Rev.  Doctors  Green,  Woodhuil,Romeyn 
and  Miller,  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Archibald  Alexa;)der, 
James  Richards,  and  Amzi  Armstrong,  be  a  committee 
to  digest  and  prepare  a  Plan  of  a  Theological  Seminary; 
embracing  in  detail  the  fundamental  principles  of  the 
Institution,  together  with  regulations  for  guiding  the 
conduct  of  the  Instructors  and  the  Students;  and  pre- 
scribing the  best  mode  of  visiting,  controlling,  and  sup- 
porting the  whole  system.  This  plan  to  be  reported  to 
the  next  General  Assembly. 

6.  "  That,  as  filling  the  Church  with  a  learned  and 
able  ministry,  without  a  corresponding  portion  of  real 
piety,  would  be  a  curse  to  the  world,  and  an  offence  to 


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God  and  his  people  ;  so  the  General  Assembly  think  it 
their  duty  to  state,  that,  in  establishing  a  Seminary  for 
training  up  Ministers,  it  is  their  earnest  desire  to  guard, 
as  far  as  possible,  against  so  great  an  evil.  And  they 
do  hereby  solemnly  pledge  themselves  to  the  Churches 
under  their  care,  that  in  forming,  and  carrying  into  exe- 
cution the  plan  of  the  proposed  Seminary,  it  will  be 
their  endeavour  to  make  it,  under  the  blessing  of  God, 
a  nursery  of  vital  piety,  as  well  as  of  sound  theological 
learning  :  and  to  train  up  persons  for  the  ministry,  who 
shall  be  lovers,  as  well  as  defenders  of  the  truth  as  it  is 
in  Jesus;  friends  of  revivals  of  religion;  and  a  blessing 
to  the  church  of  God. 

7.  '*■  That  as  the  Constitution  of  our  Church  guaran- 
tees to  every  Presbytery  the  right  of  judging  of  its  own 
candidates  for  Licensure  and  Ordination;  so  the  As- 
sembly think  it  proper  to  state,  most  explicitly,  that 
every  Presbytery  and  Synod,  will,  of  course,  be  at  full 
liberty,  to  countenance  the  proposed  plan  or  not,  at 
pleasure;  and  to  send  their  students  to  the  projected  Se- 
minary, or  keep  them,  as  heretofore,  within  their  own 
bounds,  as  they  may  think  most  conducive  to  the  pros- 
perity of  the  Church. 

8.  "  That  the  Professors  in  the  Seminary  shall  not, 
in  any  case,  be  considered  as  having  a  right  to  license 
candidates  to  preach  the  Gospel;  but  that  all  such  can- 
didates shall  be  remitted  to  their  respective  Presbyteries 
to  be  licensed,  as  heretofore." 


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During  the  Sessions  of  the  next  General  Assembl) , 
A.  D.  1811,  the  Committee  appointed  to  draft  a  Plan 
FOR  A  Theological  Seminary,  made  their  Report, 
which  having  been  read  and  amended,  was  adopted  as 
follows: 


I»LAN 


THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

INTRODUCTION.* 

Inasmuch  as  the  obtaining  of  salvation  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord,  to  the  glory  of  the  eternal  God,  is  the 
chief  object  which  claims  the  attention  of  man;  and 
considering,  that  in  the  attainment  of  this  object  the 
dispensation  of  the  Gospel  is  principally  instrumental; 
it  is  manifestly  of  the  highest  importance,  that  the  best 
means  be  used  to  insure  the  faithful  preaching  of  the 
Gospel,  and  the  pure  administration  of  all  its  ordinances. 
With  this  view,  therefore,  institutions  for  the  education 
of  youth  intended  for  the  holy  ministry,  have  been  esta- 

•  The  Plan,  as  here  given,  inchides  all  the  amendments  which 
have  been  made  in  it,  by  successive  Assemblies,  from  1811,  to 
the  date  of  the  present  publication. 


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blished  in  all  Christian  countries,  and  have  been  found, 
by  long  experience,  most  eminently  conducive  to  the 
prosperity  of  the  Church.  Hence  the  founders  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
did,  from  its  very  origin,  exert  themselves  with  peculiar 
zeal  to  establish  and  endow  colleges,  academies,  and 
schools,  for  the  education  of  youth  for  the  Gospel  minis- 
try. So  rapid,  however,  has  been  the  extension  of  this 
Church,  and  so  disproportionate,  of  late,  has  been  the 
number  of  ministers  educated,  to  the  call  which  has 
been  made  for  ministerial  service,  that  some  additional 
and  vigorous  efforts  to  increase  the  supply  are  loudly  and 
affectingly  demanded.  Circumstances  also  do  imperi- 
ously dictate,  not  only  that  the  labourers  in  the  vine- 
yard of  the  Lord  should  be  multiplied,  but  that  they 
should  be  more  thoroughly  furnished  than  they  have 
ordinarily  been  for  the  arduous  work  to  which  they  must 
be  called.  Influenced  by  the  views  and  considerations 
now  recited,  the  General  Assembly,  after  mature  delibe- 
ration, have  resolved,  in  reliance  on  the  patronage  and 
blessing  of  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church,  to  establish  a 
new  Institution,  consecrated  solely  to  the  education  of 
men  for  the  Gospel  ministry,  and  to  be  denominated, 
The  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Preshyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America,  And  to  the  intent  that 
the  true  design  of  the  founders  of  this  institution  may 
be  known  to  the  public,  both  now  and  in  time  to  come, 
and  especially  that  this  design  may,  at  all  times,  be  dis- 


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tinctly  viewed,  and  sacredly  regarded,  both  by  the 
teachers  and  the  pupils  of  the  Seminary,  it  is  judged  pro- 
per tt)  niake  a  summary  and  explicit  statement  of  it. 

It  is  to  form  men  for  the  Gospel  ministry,  who  shall 
truly  believe,  and  cordially  love,  and  therefore  endea- 
vour to  propagate  and  defend,  in  its  genuineness,  simpli- 
city, and  fulness,  that  system  of  religious  belief  and  prac- 
tice which  is  set  forth  in  the  Coniebsion  of  Faith,  Cate- 
chisms, and  Plan  of  Government  and  Discipline  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church;  and  thus  to  perpetuate  and  extend 
the  influence  of  true  evangelical  piety,  and  Gospel  or- 
der. 

It  is  to  provide  for  the  Church  an  adequate  supply 
and  succession  of  able  and  faithful  ministers  of  the  New 
Testament;  workmen  that  need  not  to  be  ashamed;  be- 
ing qualified  rightly  to  divide  the  word  of  truth. 

It  is  to  unite,  in  those  who  shall  sustain  the  ministe- 
rial office,  religion  and  literature;  that  piety  of  the  heart 
which  is  the  fruit  only  of  the  renewing  and  sanctifying 
grace  of  God,  with  solid  learning:  believing  that  reli- 
gion without  learning,  or  learning  without  religion,  in 
the  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  must  ultimately  prove  in- 
jurious to  the  Church. 

It  is  to  afford  more  advantages  than  have  hitherto 
been  usually  possessed  by  the  ministers  of  religion  in  our 
country,  to  cultivate  both  piety  and  literature  in  their 
preparatory  course;  piety,  by  placing  it  in  circumstan- 
ces favourable  to  its  growth,  and  by  cherishing  and  re- 


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gulating  its  ardour;  literature,  by  affording  favourable 
opportunities  for  its  attainment,  and  by  making  its  pos- 
session indispensable. 

It  is  to  provide  for  the  Church,  men  who  shall  be  able 
to  defend  her  faith  against  intidels,  and  her  doctrines 
against  heretics. 

It  is  to  furnish  our  congregations  with  enlightened, 
humble,  zealous,  laborious  pastors,  who  shall  truly  watch 
for  the  good  of  souls,  and  consider  it  as  their  highest 
honour  and  happiness  to  win  them  to  the  Saviour,  and 
to  build  up  their  several  charges  in  holiness  and  peace. 

It  is  to  promote  harmony  and  unity  of  sentiment 
among  the  ministers  of  our  Church,  by  educating  a  large 
body  of  them  under  the  same  teachers,  and  in  the  same 
course  of  study. 

It  is  to  lay  the  foundation  of  early  and  lasting  friend- 
ships, productive  of  confidence  and  mutual  assistance  in 
after-life  among  the  ministers  of  religion;  which  expe- 
rience shows  to  be  conducive  not  only  to  personal  hap- 
piness, but  to  the  perfecting  of  inquiries,  researches,  and 
publications  advantageous  to  religion. 

It  is  to  preserve  the  unity  of  our  Church,  by  educa- 
ting her  ministers  in  an  enlightened  attachment,  not  only 
to  the  same  doctrines,  but  to  the  same  plan  of  govern- 
ment. 

It  is  to  bring  to  the  service  of  the  Church  genius  and 
talent,  when  united  with  piety,  however  poor  or  obscure 

may  be  their  possessor,  by  furnishing,  as  far  as  possible^ 

2* 


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the  means  of  education  and  support,  "without  expense  to 
the  student. 

It  is  to  found  a  nursery  for  missionaries  to  the  heathen, 
and  to  such  as  are  destitute  of  the  stated  preaching  of 
the  gospel;  in  which  youth  may  receive  that  appropri- 
ate training  which  may  lay  a  foundation  for  their  ulti- 
mately becoming  eminently  qualified  for  missionary 
work. 

It  is,  finally,  to  endeavour  to  raise  up  a  succession  of 
men,  at  once  qualified  for  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  the 
work  of  the  Gospel  ministry;  who,  with  various  endow- 
ments, suiting  them  to  different  stations  in  the  Church  of 
Christ,  may  all  possess  a  portion  of  the  spirit  of  the  pri- 
mitive propagators  of  the  Gospel;  prepared  to  make 
every  sacrifice,  to  endure  every  hardship,  and  to  render 
every  ser\  ice  which  the  promotion  of  pure  and  undefiled 
religion  may  require. 


ARTICLE  I. 

Of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sect,  1.  As  this  institution  derives  its  origin  from  the 
General  Assembly,  so  that  body  is  to  be  considered  at 
all  times  as  its  patron,  and  the  fountain  of  its  powers. 
The  Assembly  shall,  accordingly,  ultimately  sanction  all 
its  laws,  direct  its  instructions,  and  appoint  its  principal 
officers. 


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Sect.  2.  The  General  Assembly  shall  choose  a  Board 
of  Directors,  consisting  of"  twenty-one  ministers,  and  nine 
ruling  elders,  by  whom  the  Seminary  shall  be  inspected 
and  conducted.  Of  this  number,  one  third,  or  seven  min- 
isters and  three  elders,  shall  be  chosen  annually;  to 
continue  in  office  three  years.  And  if  any  vacancy 
shall  occur  in  the  Board,  by  death,  resignation,  or  inca- 
pacity to  serve,  the  Assembly  may  annually  fill  up  such 
vacancies. 

Sect.  3.  All  professors  of  the  Seminary  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Assembly.  But  m  cases  of  necessity,  the 
Board  of  Directors  may  employ  a  suitable  person  to 
perform  the  duties  of  a  professor,  till  a  meeting  of  the 
Assembly  shall  take  place. 

Sect.  4.  The  General  Assembly  shall,  at  all  times, 
have  the  power  of  adding  to  the  Constitutional  Articles 
of  the  Seminary,  and  of  abrogating,  altering,  or  amend- 
ing them;  but,  in  the  exercise  of  this  power,  the  con- 
templated additions,  abrogations,  alterations,  or  amend- 
ments, shall,  in  every  case,  be  proposed  at  one  Assembly, 
and  not  adopted  till  the  Assembly  of  the  subsequent 
year,  except  by  a  unanimous  vote. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Of  the  Board  of  Directors, 

Sect.  1.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  meet  statedly, 
twice  in  each  year;  once  in  the  Spring  and  once  in  the 


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Fall,  and  oftener  on  their  own  adjournments,  if  they 
shall  judge  it  expedient.  Nine  members  of  the  Board 
shall  be  a  quorum;  provided  always,  that  of  this  num- 
ber, five,  at  least,  be  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and  the 
President,  or,  in  case  of  his  absence,  one  of  the  Vice- 
Presidents,  be  one. 

Sect  2.  The  Board  shall  choose,  out  of  their  own 
number,  a  President,  two  Vice-Presidents,  and  a  vSecre- 
tarj.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-Presi- 
dents, the  Senior  member  present  shall  preside. 

Sect.  3.  The  President  of  the  Board,  or  in  the  event 
of  his  death,  absence,  or  inability  to  act,  the  first  Vice- 
President  shall,  at  the  request  of  any  three  members, 
expressed  to  him  in  writing,  call  a  special  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  by  a  circular  letter  addressed  to 
each;  in  which  letter  notice  shall  be  given,  not  only  of 
the  place  and  time  of  meeting,  but  of  the  business  in- 
tended to  be  transacted  at  the  meeting  notified;  and  this 
letter  shall  be  sent  at  least  twenty  days  before  the  time 
of  said  meeting. 

Sect.  4.  The  secretary  of  the  board  shall  keep  accu- 
rate records  of  all  the  proceedings  of  the  directors;  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  lay  these  records,  or  a  faithful  tran- 
cript  of  the  same,  before  the  General  Assembly,  annual- 
Iv,  for  the  unrestrained  inspection  of  all  the  members. 

Sect.  5.  Every  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  shall 
be  opened  and  closed  with  prayer. 


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Sect  6.  The  board  of  directors  ipay  make  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  performance  of  the  duties  assipjned 
them,  or  for  the  preservation  of  order,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  prescriptions  of  this  plan,  or  the  orders  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Sect.  7.  At  the  commencement  of  each  stated  spring 
meeting,  the  whole  plan  of  the  Seminary  shall  be  dis- 
tinctly read  before  the  board  of  directors. 

Sect.  8.  The  board  shall  direct  the  professors  of  the 
Seminary,  in  regard  to  the  subjects  and  topics  on  which 
they  are  severally  to  give  instructions  to  the  pupils,  so 
far  as  the  same  shall  not  be  prescribed  by  this  plan,  or 
by  the  orders  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sect.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  directors 
to  inaugurate  the  professors  of  the  Seminary,  and  to  di- 
rect what,  forms  shall  be  used,  and  what  services  per- 
formed, on  such  occasions. 

Sect.  10.  Every  director,  previously  to  his  taking  his 
seat  as  a  member  of  the  board,  shall  solemnly  subscribe 
the  following  formula,  viz. — "  Approving  the  plan  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  I  solemnly  declare  and  pro- 
mise, in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  this  board,  that  I 
will  faithfully  endeavour  to  carry  into  effect  all  the  ar- 
ticles and  provisions  of  said  plan,  and  to  promote  the 
great  design  of  the  Seminary. 

Sect,  11.  The  board  of  directors  shall  inspect  the 
fidelity  of  the  professors,  especially  in  regard  to  the  doc- 


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tvines  actually  taught;  and  if,  after  due  inquiry  and  ex- 
amination, they  shall  judge  that  any  professor  is  either 
unsound  in  the  faith,  opposed  to  the  fundamental  prin- 
ciples of  Presbyterian  Church  Government,  immoral  in 
his  conduct,  unfaithful  to  his  trust,  or  incompetent  to 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  they  shall  faithfully  report 
him  as  such  to  the  General  Assembly.  Or  if  the  longer 
continuance  of  a  professor  be  judged  highly  dangerous, 
the  directors  may  immediately  suspend  him,  and  ap- 
point another  in  his  place,  till  the  whole  business  can  be 
reported,  and  submitted  to  the  Assembly. 

Sect.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  direct- 
ors to  watch  over  the  conduct  of  the  students;  to  re- 
dress grievances:  to  examine  into  the  whole  course  of 
instruction  and  study  in  the  Seminary;  and  generally  to 
superintend  and  endeavour  to  promote  all  its  interests. 

Sect,  13.  The  board  of  directors  shall  make,  in  wri- 
ting, a  detailed  and  faithful  report  of  the  state  of  the  Se- 
minary, to  every  General  Assembly;  and  they  may,  at 
the  same  time,  recommend  such  measures  for  the  advan- 
tage of  the  Seminary,  as  to  them  may  appear  proper. 

Sect  1 4.  At  every  stated  meeting  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors, unless  particular  circumstances  render  it  inex- 
pedient, there  shall  be  at  least  one  sermon  delivered  in 
the  presence  of  the  board,  the  professors,  and  students, 
by  a  director  or  directors  previously  appointed  fojr  the 
purpose. 


ARTICLE  III. 

Of  the  Professors. 

Sect.  1.  The  number  of  the  professors  in  the  Semina- 
ry shall  be  increased  or  diminished,  as  the  Assembly 
may,  from  time  to  time,  direct.  But  when  the  Semi- 
nary shall  be  completely  organized,  there  shall  not  be 
less  than  three  professors;  one  of  Didactic  and  Polemic 
Divinity;  one  of  Oriental  and  Biblical  Literature;  and 
one  of  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church  Government. 

Sect.  2.  No  person  shall  be  inducted  into  the  otfice 
of  professor  of  divinity,  but  an  ordained  minister  of  the 
Gospel. 

Sect.  3.  Every  person  elected  to  a  professorship,  in 
this  Seminary,  shall,  on  being  inaugurated,  solemnly  sub- 
scribe the  Confession  of  Faith,  Catechisms,  and  Form 
of  Government  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  agreeably 
to  the  following  formula,  viz. — ''•  In  the  presence  of 
God  and  the  directors  of  this  Seminary,  1  do  solemnly, 
and  ex  animo  adopt,  receive,  and  subscribe  the  Confes- 
sion of  Faith,  and  Catechisms  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  as  the  confes- 
sion of  my  faith;  or,  as  a  summary  and  just  exhibition 
of  that  system  of  doctrine  and  religious  belief  which  is 
contained  in  holy  Scripture,  and  therein  revealed  by  God 
to  man  for  his  salvation;  and  I  do  solemnly,  ex  animo^ 


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profess  to  receive  the  Form  of  Government  of  said 
Church,  as  agreeable  to  tiie  inspired  oracles.  And  I  do 
solemnly  promise  uad  engage,  not  to  inculcate,  teach, 
or  insinuate,  any  thing  which  shall  appear  to  me  to  con- 
tradict or  contravene,  either  directly  or  impliedly,  any 
thing  taught  in  the  said  Confession  of  Faith  or  Cate- 
chisms; nor  to  oppose  any  of  the  fundamental  principles 
of  Presbyterian  Church  Government,  while  I  shall  con- 
tinue a  professor  in  this  Seminary." 

Sect.  4.  The  salaries  of  the  professors  shall  be  re- 
commended by  the  directors;  but  they  shall  be  fixed 
only  by  a  vote  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sect.  5.  The  professors  may  accompany  their  lectures 
and  recitations  with  prayer,  as  frequently  as  they  may 
judge  proper,  in  addition  to  those  daily  seasons  of  prayer 
in  which  all  the  students  will  unite. 

Sect.  6.  Each  professor  shall  lay  before  the  board  of 
directors,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  his  appointment,  a 
detailed  exhibition  of  the  system  and  method  which  he 
proposes  to  pursue,  and  the  subjects  which  he  proposes 
to  discuss,  in  conducting  the  studies  of  the  youth  that 
shall  come  under  his  care:  and  in  this  system  he  shall 
make  such  alterations  or  additions  as  the  board  shall  di- 
rect; so  that,  eventually,  the  whole  course  through 
which  the  pupils  shall  be  carried,  shall  be  no  other  than 
that  which  the  board  of  directors  shall  have  approved 
and  sanctioned,  conformably  to  Sect.  8.  Art.  II.  And 
as  often  as  any  professor  shall  think  that  variations  and 


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additions  of  importance  may  be  advantageously  intro- 
duced into  his  course  of  teaching,  he  sliall  submit  the 
same  to  the  board  of  directors,  for  their  approbation  or 
rejection. 

Sect.  7.  Every  professor  shall,  if  practicable,  have  at 
least  one  lecture  or  recitation  every  day,  on  which  the 
pupils,  in  his  branch  of  instruction  shall  be  bound  to  at- 
tend; and  on  which  the  other  pupils  of  the  Seminary 
shall  attend  as  often,  and  in  such  manner,  as  may  be  di- 
rected by  the  majority  of  the  board  of  directors. 

Sect.  8.  Any  professor  intending  to  resign  his  office, 
shall  give  six  months  notice  of  such  intention  to  the 
board  of  directors. 

Sect.  9.  The  professors  of  the  Institution  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  a  faculty.  They  shall  meet  at  such  seasons 
as  they  may  judge  proper.  In  every  meeting  the  pro- 
fessor of  didactic  and  polemic  divinity  shall  preside,  if 
he  be  present.  If  he  be  absent,  a  president  shall  be 
chosen  pro  tempore.  The  faculty  shall  choose  a  clerk, 
and  keep  accurate  records  of  all  their  proceedings; 
which  records  shall  be  laid  before  the  directors  at  every 
meeting  of  the  board.  The  president  of  the  faculty 
shall  call  a  meeting  whenever  he  shaJl  judge  it  expedi- 
ent, and  whenever  he  shall  be  requested  to  do  so  by  any 
other  member.  By  the  faculty,  regularly  convened, 
shall  be  determined  the  hours  and  seasons  at  which  the 
classes  shall  attend  the  professors  severally,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent interference  and  confusion,  and  to  afford  to  the  pupilg 
3 


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the  best  opportunities  of  improvement.  The  faculty 
shall  attend  to,  and  decide  on  all  cases  of  discipline, 
and  all  questions  of  order,  as  they  shall  arise.  They 
shall  agree  on  the  rules  of  order,  decorum,  and  duty, 
(not  inconsistent  with  any  provision  in  the  plan  of  the 
Seminary,  nor  with  any  order  of  the  board  of  directors,) 
to  which  the  students  shall  be  subjected,  and  these  they 
shall  reduce  to  writing,  and  cause  to  be  publicly  and 
frequently  read.  They  shall  determine  the  hours  at 
which  the  whole  of  the  pupils  shall,  morning  and  eve- 
ning, attend  for  social  worship,  and  the  manner  in  which, 
and  the  person  or  persons,  of  their  own  number,  by 
whom,  the  exercises  of  devotion  shall  be  conducted. 

Sect  10.  The  faculty  shall  be  empowered  to  dismiss 
from  the  Seminary  any  student  who  shall  prove  unsound 
in  his  religious  sentiments;  immoral  or  disorderly  in  his 
conduct;  or  who  may  be,  in  their  opinion,  on  any  ac- 
count whatsoever,  a  dangerous,  or  unprofitable  member 
of  the  Institution. 

Sect.  1 1 .  Each  member  of  the  faculty  shall  have  an 
equal  vote. 

Sect.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  professors;  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  of  directors,  to  supply  the  pu- 
pils of  the  Institution  with  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel, 
and  the  administration  of  the  Sacraments  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church;  if  this  supply  shall  not,  in  the  judgment  of 
the  directors,  be  satisfactorily  furnished  by  a  Church  or 
Churches  in  the  place  where  the  Institution  shall  be  esta- 
blished. 


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ARTICLE.  IV. 

Of  Study  and  Jlttainments, 

As  the  particular  course  of  study  pursued  in  any  In- 
stitution will,  and  perhaps  ought  to  be  modified  in  a  con- 
siderable degree,  by  the  views  and  habits  of  the  teachers; 
and  ought,  moreover,  to  be  varied,  altered,  or  extended, 
as  experience  may  suggest  improvements;  it  is  judged 
proper  to  specify,  not  so  precisely  the  course  of  study, 
as  tlie  attainments  which  must   be   made.     Therefore> 

Sect.  1.  Every  student,  at  the  close  of  his  course, 
must  have  made  the  following  attainments,  viz.  He  must 
be  well  skilled  in  the  original  languages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures.  He  must  be  able  to  explain  the  principal 
difficulties  which  arise  in  the  perusal  of  the  Scrip- 
tures, either  from  erroneous  translations,  apparent  in» 
consistencies,  real  obscurities,  or  objections  arising  from 
history,  reason,  or  argument.  He  must  be  versed  in 
Jewish  and  Christian  antiquities,  which  serve  to  explain 
and  illustrate  Scripture.  He  must  have  an  acquaintance 
with  ancient  geography,  and  with  oriental  customs,  which 
throw  light  on  the  sacred  records. — Thus  he  will  have 
laid  the  foundation  for  becoming  a  sound  biblical  critic. 

He  must  have  read  and  digested  the  principal  argu- 
ments and  writings  relative  to  what  has  been  called  the 
deistical  controversy. — Thus  will  he  be  qualified  to  be- 
come a  defender  of  the  Christian  faith. 


He  must  be  able  to  support  the  doctrines  of  the  Con- 
fession of  Faith  and  Catechisms,  by  a  ready,  pertinent, 
and  abundant  quotation  of  Scripture  texts  forthat  purpose. 
He  must  have  studied,  carefully  and  correctly.  Natural, 
Didactic,  Polemic,  and  Casuistic  Theology.  He  must 
have  a  considerable  acquaintance  with  General  History 
and  Chronology,  and  a  particular  acquaintance  with  the 
history  of  the  Christian  Church. — Thus  he  will  be  pre- 
paring to  become  an  able  and  sound  divine  and  casuist. 

He  must  have  read  a  considerable  number  of  the 
best  practical  writers  on  the  subject  of  religion.  He 
must  have  learned  to  compose  with  correctness  and 
readiness  in  his  own  language,  and  to  deliver  what  he 
has  composed  to  others  in  a  natural  and  acceptable  man- 
ner. He  must  be  well  acquainted  with  the  several  parts, 
and  the  proper  structure  of  popular  lectures  and  sermons. 
He  must  have  composed  at  least  two  lectures  and  four 
popular  sermons,  that  shall  have  been  approved  by  the 
professors.  He  must  have  carefully  studied  the  duties 
of  the  pastoral  care. — Thus  he  will  be  prepared  to  be- 
come a  useful  preacher,  and  a  faithful  pastor. 

He  must  liave  studied  attentively  the  form  of  Church 
Government  authorized  by  the  Scriptures,  and  the  ad- 
ministration of  it  as  it  has  taken  place  in  Protestant 
Churches.— Thus  he  will  be  qualified  to  exercise  disci- 
pline, and  to  take  part  in  the  government  of  the  Church 
in  all  its  judicatories. 

Sect.  2.  The  period  of  continuance  in  the  Theologi- 


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cal  Seminary  shall,  in  no  case,  be  less  than  three  years, 
previously  to  an  examination  for  a  certificate  of  appro- 
bation. But  students  may  enter  the  Seminary,  and  enjoy 
the  course  of  instruction  for  a  shorter  time  than  three 
years,  provided  they  in  all  other  respects  submit  to  the 
laws  of  the  Seminary,  of  which  facts  they  may  receive 
a  written  declaration  from  the  professors. 

Sect.  3.  There  shall  be  an  examination  of  all  the  pupils 
in  the  Seminary,  at  every  stated  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Directors.     Those  pupils  who  shall  have  regularly  and 
diligently  studied  for  three  years,  shall  be  admitted  to 
an  examination  on  the  subjects  specified  in  this  article. 
Ail  examinations  shall  be  conducted  by  the  Professors 
in  the  presence  of  the  Directors,  or  a  Committee  of  them. 
Every  Director  present  shall  be  at  liberty,  during  the 
progress  of  any  examination,  or  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  closed  by  the  Professors,  to  put  to  any  pupil  such 
questions  as  he  shall  deem  proper.     Every  pupil  that 
shall  have  passed  his  final  examination  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  Directors  present,  shall  receive  a  certificate  of 
the  same,  signed  by  the  Professors,  with  which  he  shall 
be  remitted  to  the  Presbytery  under  whose  care  he  is 
placed,  to  be  disposed  of  as  such  Presbytery  shall  direct. 
Those  who  do  not  pass  a  satisfactory  examination,  shall 
remain  a  longer  space  in  the  Seminary. 

Sect.  4.  It  shall  be  the  object  of  the  professors  to  make 
such  arrangements  in  the  instruction  of  their  pupils  as 
shall  be  best  adapted  to  enable  them,  in  the  space  of 
3* 


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three  years,  to  be  examined  with  advantage  on  the  sub- 
jects specified  in  this  article. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Of  Devotion^  and  Improvement  in  Practical  Pietij. 

It  ought  to  be  considered  as  an  object  of  primary  im- 
portance by  every  student  in  the  Seminary,  to  be  careful 
and  vigilant  not  to  lose  that  inward  sense  of  the  power 
of  godliness  which  he  may  have  attained;  but,  on  the 
contrary,  to  grow  continually  in  a  spirit  of  enlightened 
devotion  and  fervent  piety;  deeply  impressed  with  the 
recollection  that  without  this,  all  his  other  acquisitions 
will  be  comparatively  of  little  worth,  either  to  himself, 
or  to  the  Church  of  which  he  is  to  be  a  minister. 

He  must  remember,  too,  that  this  is  a  species  of  im- 
provement which  must  of  necessity  be  left,  in  a  great 
measure,  with  himself,  as  a  concern  between  God  and 
his  own  soul. 

It  is  proper,  however,  to  delineate  the  path  of  duty, 
to  express  the  wishes  and  expectations  of  the  founders  of 
the  Seminary,  and  to  make  such  requirements  as  the  na- 
ture of  the  subject  will  permit. 

Sect.  1 .  It  is  expected  that  ^very  student  in  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  will  spend  a  portion  of  time  every 
morning  and  evening  in  devout  meditation,  and  self-re- 
collection and  examination;  in  reading  the  holy  Scrip- 
tures, solely  with  a  view  to  a  personal  and  practical  ap- 


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plication  of  the  passage  read,  to  his  own  heart,  charac- 
ter, and  circumstances;  and  in  humble,  fervent  prayer 
and  praise  to  God  in  secret. 

The  whole  of  every  Lord"'s  day  is  to  be  devoted  to  de- 
votional exercises,  either  of  a  social  or  secret  kind.  In- 
tellectual pursuits,  not  immediately  connected  with  de- 
votion, or  the  religion  of  the  heart,  are  on  that  day  to  bo 
forborne.  The  books  to  be  read  are  to  be  of  a  practical 
nature.  The  conversations  had  with  each  other  are  to  be 
chiefly  on  religious  subjects.  Associations  for  prayer  and 
praise,  and  for  religious  conference,  calculated  to  promote 
a  growth  in  grace,  are  also  proper  for  this  day;  subject  to 
such  regulations  as  the  professors  and  directors  may  see 
proper  to  prescribe.  It  is  wished  and  recommended,  that 
each  student  should  ordinarily  set  apart  one  day  in  a 
month  for  special  prayer  and  self-examination  in  secret, 
and  also  that  he  should,  on  suitable  occasions,  attend  to 
the  duty  of  fasting. 

Sect,  2.  If  any  student  shall  exhibit,  in  his  general 
deportment,  a  levity  or  indifference  in  regard  to  prac- 
tical religion,  though  it  do  not  amount  to  any  overt  act 
of  irreligion  or  immorality,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
professor  who  may  observe  it,  to  admonish  him  tenderly 
and  faithfully  in  private,  and  endeavour  to  engage  him 
to  a  more  holy  temper,  and  a  more  exemplary  deport- 
ment. 

Sect.  3.  If  a  student,  after  due  admonition,  persist  in 
a  system  of  conduct  not  exemplary  in  regard  to  religion, 
he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  Seminarv. 


S2 

Sect.  4.  The  professors  are  particularly  charged,  by 
all  the  proper  means  in  their  power,  to  encourage,  cherish 
and  promote  devotion  and  personal  piety  among  their 
pupils,  by  warning  and  guarding  them,  on  the  one  hand, 
against  formality  and  indifference,  and  on  the  other, 
against  ostentation  and  enthusiasm;  by  inculcating  prac- 
tical religion  in  their  lectures  and  recitations,  by  taking 
suitable  occasions  to  converse  with  their  pupils  privately 
on  this  interesting  subject;  and  by  all  other  means  inca- 
pable of  being  minutely  specified,  by  which  they  may 
foster  true  experimental  religion,  and  unreserved  devo- 
tedness  to  God. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Of  the  Students. 

Section  1.  Every  student,  applying  for  admission  to 
the  Theological  Seminary,  shall  produce  satisfactory  tes- 
timonials that  he  possesses  good  natural  talents,  and  is 
of  a  prudent  and  discreet  deportment;  that  he  is  in  full 
communion  with  some  regular  Church:  that  he  has  pass- 
ed through  a  regular  course  of  academical  study;  or, 
wanting  this,  he  shall  submit  himself  to  an  examination 
in  regard  to  the  branches  of  literature  taught  in  such  a 
course. 

Sect.  2.  The  first  six  months  of  every  student  in  the 
Seminary  shall  be  considered  as  probationary;  and  if,  at 
the  end  of  this  period,  any  student  shall  appear  to  the 


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professors  not  qualified  to  proceed  in  his  studies,  they 
shall  so  report  him  to  the  board  of  directors,  who,  if  they 
are  of  the  same  opinion  with  the  professors,  shall  dismiss 
him  from  the  Seminary. 

Sect.  3.  The  hours  of  study  and  of  recreation  for  the 
students  shall  be  fixed  by  the  professors,  with  the  con- 
currence of  the  directors;  and  every  student  shall  pay  a 
strict  regard  to  the  rules  established  relative  to  this  sub- 
ject. 

Sect.  4.  Every  student  shall  be  obliged  to  write  on 
such  theological  and  other  subjects,  as  may  be  prescribed 
to  him  by  the  professors.  In  the  first  year,  every  student 
shall  be  obliged  to  produce  a  written  composition  on 
such  subjects,  at  least  once  in  every  month;  in  the  second 
year,  once  in  three  weeks;  in  the  third  year,  once  in  two 
weeks.  Once  a  month  each  student  shall  also  commit 
to  memory  a  piece  of  his  own  composition,  and  pro- 
nounce it  in  public,  before  the  professors  and  students. 

Sect.  5.  Every  student  shall  not  only  preserve  an  ex- 
emplary moral  character,  but  shall  be  expected  to  treat 
his  teachers  with  the  greatest  deference  and  respect,  and 
all  other  persons  with  civility. 

Sect.  6.  Every  student  shall  yield  a  prompt  and  ready 
obedience  to  all  the  lawful  requisitions  of  the  professors 
and  directors. 

Sect.  7.  Diligence  and  industry  in  study  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  indispensable  in  every  student,  unless  the  want 
of  health  shall  prevent,  of  which  the  professors  shall  take 
cognizance,  and  make  the  suitable  allowance. 


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Sect.  8.  Strict  temperance  in  meat  and  drink  is  ex- 
pected of  every  student,  with  cleanliness  and  neatness  in 
his  dress  and  habits;  while  all  excessive  expense  in 
clothing  is  strictly  prohibited. 

Sect.  0,  Every  student,  before  he  takes  his  standing 
in  the  Seminary,  shall  subscribe  the  following  declara- 
tion, viz. — "Deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  the  im- 
portance of  improving  in  knowledge,  prudence,  and 
piety,  in  my  preparation  for  the  Gospel  Ministry,  I 
solemnly  promise,  in  a  reliance  on  divine  grace,  that  I 
will  faithfully  and  diligently  attend  on  all  the  instruc- 
tions of  this  Seminary,  and  that  I  will  conscientiously 
and  vigilantly  observe  all  the  rules  and  regulations  spe- 
cified in  the  plan  for  its  instruction  and  government,  so 
far  as  the  same  relate  to  the  students;  and  that  I  will 
obey  all  the  lawful  requisitions,  and  readily  yield  to  all 
the  wholesome  admonitions  of  the  professors  and  direc- 
tors of  the  Seminary,  Avhile  I  shall  continue  a  member 
of  it." 

Sect.  10.  There  shall  be  three  vacations  in  the  Semi- 
nary every  year.  The  Spring  vacation  to  continue  six 
weeks;  the  Fall  vacation  six  weeks;  and  the  Winter  va- 
cation two  weeks.  The  vacations  to  commence  at  such 
times  as  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  deem  most  expe- 
dient. 


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ARTICLE  VII.* 

Of  the  Library. 

Section  1.  To  obtain,  ultimately,  a  complete  theolo- 
gical Library,  shall  be  considered  as  a  leading  object  of 
the  Institution. 

Sect.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  directors  to  pre- 
sent to  the  General  Assembly,  a  catalogue  of  the  most 
necessary  books  for  the  commencement  of  a  library,  and 
recommend  the  purchase  of  such  a  number  as  the  state 
of  the  funds  will  permit. 

Sect.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  professors  to  pro- 
cure and  keep  a  large  folio,  to  be  denominated,  The 
Prospectus  of  a  Catalogue  of  a  Theological  Library. 
In  this  folio,  divided  into  proper  heads,  each  professor 
shall,  at  his  pleasure,  enter,  in  Its  proper  place,  the  title 
of  such  books  as  he  shall  deliberately  judge  to  be  proper 
for  the  library.  The  board  of  directors,  or  the  mem- 
bers of  it  individually,  may  do  the  same.  From  this 
folio  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  directors  to  select  such 
books  as  they  think  most  necessary,  and  as  the  sum 
appropriated  for  the  current  year  will  purchase,  and 
recommend  their  purchase  to  the  Assembly.  The  As- 
sembly shall,  annually,  decide  by  vote,  what  sum  of 

*  This  article  is  laid  over  for  the  consideration  of  a  future  As- 
semblv. 


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money,  for  the  current  year,  shall  be  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  books. 

Sect.  4.  A  suitable  room  or  apartment  shall  be  as- 
signed for  the  library.  The  shelves  for  the  books  shall 
be  divided  into  compartments  or  alcoves;  and  if  any 
one  of  them  be  filled,  or  nearly  so,  by  a  donor,  his  name 
shall  be  conspicuously  placed  over  it. 

Sect.  5.  A  librarian  shall  be  appointed  by  the  As- 
sembly. 

Sect.  6.  No  book  shall  be  permitted,  on  any  occasion, 
to  be  carried  from  the  Seminary. 

Sect.  1.  A  book  of  donations  shall  be  carefully  kept 
by  the  librarian,  in  which  shall  be  entered,  by  him,  the 
books  given  to  the  library,  the  time  when,  and  the  name 
of  the  donor. 

Sect.  8.  Regulations  for  the  use  of  the  library,  not 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Article,  shall  be 
detailed  in  a  system  of  by-laws,  for  that  purpose;  to  be 
draughted  by  the  first  librarian,  and  occasionally  modi- 
fied and  added  to,  as  circumstances  shall  require,  by  his 
successors;  which  regulations,  after  being  ratified  by  the 
board  of  directors,  shall  be  authoritative. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Of  the  Funds. 
Sect,  1.  The  funds  of  the  Institution  shall  be  kept, 
at  all  times,  entirely  distinct  and  separate  from  all  other 


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monies  or  funds  whatsoever;  and  they  shall  be  deposit- 
ed in  the  hands  of*  such  corporation,  or  disposed  of  for 
safe  keeping  and  improvement,  in  such  other  manner  as 
the  General  Assembly  shall  direct. 

Sect.  2.  The  board  of  directors  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  as  they  may  see  proper,  lay  before  the  Assembly 
plans  for  the  improvement  of  the  funds,  and  propositions 
for  the  appropriation  of  such  sums  as  they  may  think 
necessary  for  particular  purposes. 

Sect.  3,  No  money  shall,  at  any  time,  be  drawn  from 
the  funds,  but  by  an  appropriation  and  order  of  the 
Assembly  for  the  purpose. 

Sect.  4.  A  fair  statement  shall  annually  be  laid  be- 
fore the  Assembly,  by  the  proper  officer,  of  the  amount 
of  the  funds  belonging  to  the  Seminary,  of  the  items 
which  constitute  that  amount,  and  of  the  expenditures 
in  detail  for  the  preceding  year. 

Sect.  5.  The  intentions  and  directions  of  testators  or 
donors,  in  regard  to  monies,  or  other  property,  left,  or 
given  to  the  Seminary,  shall,  at  all  times,  be  sacredly 
regarded.  And  if  any  individual,  or  any  number  of  in- 
dividuals, not  greater  than  three,  shall,  by  will,  or  dur« 
ing  his  or  their  lives,  found  or  endow  a  professorship  or 
professorships,  a  scholarship  or  scholarships,  or  a  fund 
or  funds,  destined  for  special  purposes,  said  professor- 
ships, scholarships,  or  funds,  shall  forever  afterwards  be 
called  and  known  by  the  name  or  names  of  those  who 
founded  or  endowed  them.  And  if  any  congregation. 
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presbjtery,  synod,  or  association,  shall  found  a  professor- 
ship or  professorships,  scholarship  or  scholarships,  or  a 
fund  or  funds,  said  professorship  or  professorships ,  scho- 
larship or  scholarships,  fund  or  funds,  shall  forever  after- 
wards be  called  or  known  by  such  name  as  the  body 
founding  them  shall  give. 

Sect.  6.  After  supporting  the  professors,  and  defray- 
ing the  other  necessary  charges  of  the  Seminary,  the 
funds  shall  be  applied,  as  far  as  circumstances  will  ad- 
mit, to  defray  or  diminish  the  expenses  of  those  students 
who  may  need  pecuniary  aid,  as  well  as  to  lessen,  gene- 
rally, the  expense  of  a  residence  at  the  Seminary. 


After  adopting  this  Plan  of  the  Seminary,  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly  which  met  in  1811,  did  little  more  than 
take  measures  for  collecting  Funds  for  the  proposed 
Institution,  by  appointing  a  number  of  agents  in  all  the 
Synotls  for  that  purpose;  who  were  instructed  to  proceed 
with  as  little  delay,  and  as  much  energy,  as  possible, 
and  to  report  to  the  Assembly  of  the  next  year.  They 
also  appointed  a  Committee  to  confer  with  the  Trustees 
of  the  College  of  JVew- Jersey^  at  Princeton^  respecting 
any  facilities  and  privileges  which  the  said  Trustees 
might  be  disposed  to  give  to  a  Theological  Seminary,  if 
located  in  Princeton. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  next  Assembly,  in  May,  1812, 
the  location  of  the  Seminary  was  fixed  at  Princeton,  in 


»\'eio- Jersey;  a  Board  of  Directors  was  elected;  and  the 
Reverend  Archibald  Alexander,  D.  D.  was  appoint- 
ed J^rofessor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology.  On 
the  last  Tuesday  of  June,  following,  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors held  their  first  meeting,  at  Princeton.  On  the 
12th  day  of  August,  of  the  same  year,  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors met  again,  and  Dr.  Alexander^  the  Professor  elect, 
was  solemnly  inaugurated,  and  entered  on  the  duties  of 
his  office.  The  number  of  students  at  the  opening  of  the 
Institution,  on  the  day  last  mentioned,  was  three. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Assembly,  in  May,  1813,  the 
number  of  students  had  increased  to  eight.  By  this  As- 
sembly, the  Reverend  Samuel  Miller,  D.  D.  was 
elected  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church 
Government,  and  was  inaugurated  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors on  the  29th  of  September  following.  By  this 
Assembly  also,  the  location  of  the  Seminary  in  Princeton, 
which  had  been  before  temporary,  was  now  made  per- 
manent. 

The  General  Assembly  which  met  in  May,  1815, 
taking  into  consideration  the  great  inconveniences  re- 
sulting to  the  Institution  from  the  want  of  suitable  apart- 
ments for  the  recitations,  and  other  exercises  of  the  Se- 
minary; and  more  especially  the  numerous  privations, 
and  even  danger  to  their  health,  to  which  the  students 
were  subjected  by  the  want  of  convenient  places  of 
lodging;  determined  to  erect  a  Public  Edifice  in  Prince- 
ton^ which  should  contain  all  the  public  apartments  in- 


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(lispensably  necessary  for  the  present,  and  also  lodging- 
rooms  for  the  comfortable  accommodation  of  the  pupils. 
Accordingl^V,  this  Edifice  was  commenced  in  the  autumn 
of  that  year;  was  first  occupied  by  the  Professors  and 
students  in  the  autumn  of  1817,  when  about  one  half 
of  the  apartments  were  prepared  for  their  reception;  and 
is  now  nearly  completed.  This  building  is  of  stone;  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length,  fifty  in  breadth,  and 
four  stories  high,  including  the  basement  story.  It  has 
been  admired  by  all  w^ho  have  seen  it,  as  a  model  of 
neat,  and  tasteful,  and,  at  the  same  time,  of  plain,  eco- 
nomical, and  remarkably  solid  workmanship.  Besides 
the  apartments  necessary  for  the  Library,  the  Recita- 
tions, the  Refectory  establishment,  and  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  Steward  and  his  family,  this  Edifice  will 
furnish  lodgings,  when  finished,  for  about  eighty  pupils. 
During  the  first  year  after  the  establishment  of  the 
Seminary,  the  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  The- 
ology, besides  his  own  appropriate  duties,  discharged,  as 
far  as  practicable,  those  also  pertaining  to  the  Professor- 
ship of  Oriental  and  Biblical  Literature.  And  on  the 
appointment  of  a  second  Professor,  in  1813,  they  divided 
the  whole  course  of  instruction,  prescribed  by  the  Plan 
of  the  Seminary,  between  them.  But  the  Assembly 
which  met  in  May,  1820,  finding  that  the  health  of  the 
Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology,  as  well  as 
his  other  duties,  did  not  admit  of  his  longer  continuing 
to  conduct  the  instruction  in  the  Original  Languages  of 


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Scripture,  resolved  to  authorize  the  Professors  to  appoint 
an  Assistant  Teacher  of  those  Languages.  And  to  this 
office,  Mr.  Charles  Hodge,  then  a  Licentiate,  under 
the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia^  hut  since  or- 
dained to  the  work  of  the  Gospel  ministry,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbytery  of  JVeio  Brunswick^  was  soon  after- 
wards accordingly  appointed. 


The  following  rules  for  regulating  elections  of  Di- 
rectors and  Professors  of  the  Seminary,  were  adopted  by 
the  General  Assembly,  in  1812. 

1.  "  When  the  Assembly  shall  proceed  to  the  election 
■of  Directors  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  the  Clerk  shall 
call  on  the  members  severally,  to  nominate  any  number 
of  persons,  not  exceeding  the  number  to  be  elected,  if  he 
shall  think  it  expedient  to  make  any  nomination. 

2.  "  When  the  members  have  been  severally  called 
upon  in  the  order  of  the  roll,  to  make  a  nomination, 
agreeably  to  the  above  rule,  the  names  of  the  persons 
nominated  shall  be  immediately  read  by  the  Clerk  for 
the  information  of  the  members,  and  on  the  day  follow- 
ing the  Assembly  shall  proceed  to  elect,  by  ballot,  the 
whole  number  of  Directors  to  be  chosen. 

3.  ''  Two  members  shall  be  appointed  to  take  an  ac- 
count of  the  votes  given  for  the  candidates  nominated  for 
Directors,  and  to  report  to  the  Assembly  the  number  of 

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votes  for  each  of  the  said  candidates,  who  have  a  plu- 
rality of  votes,  who  shall  be  declared  duly  elected: — but 
if  the  whole  number  to  be  elected,  should  not  be  elected, 
and  two  or  more  of  the  candidates  should  have  an  equal 
number  of  votes,  then,  in  that  case,  the  House  shall  pro- 
ceed to  elect  from  the  nomination  a  sufficient  number  to 
complete  the  Board;  and  shall  continue  to  vote  in  this 
manner,  until  the  full  number  specified  by  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  Seminary  be  completed. 

4.  "  When  the  votes  shall  have  been  counted,  and 
the  requisite  number  of  Directors  shall  have  been  elect- 
ed, in  the  manner  above  specified,  the  Moderator  shall 
announce  to  the  Assembly  the  names  of  those  persons 
who  shall  appear  to  have  the  highest  number  of  votes, 
and  are  thus  elected. 

5.  "  Whenever  a  Professor^  or  Professors  are  to  be 
elected,  the  Assembly,  by  a  vote,  shall  determine  the 
day  when  said  election  shall  be  held;  which  day  shall  be 
at  least  two  days  after  the  above  determination  has  been 
made.  Immediately  after  the  vote  fixing  the  day  has 
passed,  the  Assembly  shall  have  a  season  for  special 
prayer,  for  direction  in  the  choice.  The  election,  in  all 
cases,  shall  be  made  by  ballot.  The  ballots  having 
been  counted  by  two  members  previously  appointed, 
they  shall  report  a  statement  of  said  votes  to  the  Mode- 
rator; and  in  case  there  shall  appear  to  be  an  equal  num- 
ber of  votes  tor  any  two  or  more  candidates,  the  Assem- 
bly shall  proceed,  either  immediately,  or  at  some  subse- 


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qiient  period  of  their  sessions,  to  a  new  election.  Tiie 
choice  being  made,  it  shall  be  announced  to  the  Assem- 
bly by  the  Moderator." 


The  Theological  Seminary,  though  located  in  Prince- 
ton, is  altogether  ifidependent  of  the  College,  located  in 
the  same  town,  and  separate  from  it.  No  officer  of  the 
one  is,  as  such,  an  officer  of  the  other.  There  is,  in  fact, 
no  connexion  whatever  between  the  two  Institutions, 
excepting  what  arises  out  of  certain  Articles  of  Agree- 
ment between  the  Trustees  of  the  College,  and  the 
General  Assembly,  formed  in  1812;  in  virtue  of  which 
the  Theological  students,  for  a  short  time,  boarded  at 
the  Refectory,  and  lodged  in  some  of  the  spare  rooms  of 
the  College;  and  in  consequence  of  which  also,  for  about 
four  years,  the  Lectures  and  Recitations  of  the  Semina- 
ry were  conducted  in  the  public  rooms  of  the  College. 
Every  thing  of  this  kind,  of  course,  terminated,  when 
the  Public  Edifice  of  the  Seminary  was  opened  for  the 
reception  of  its  students.  And  of  these  articles,  the  only 
one  of  which  the  Theological  Seminary  has  availed  it- 
self, for  several  years  past,  or  is  likely  ever  again  to 
avail  itself,  is  that  which  gives  to  the  students  of  the 
Seminary  the  use  of  the  College  Library,  which  con- 
sists of  about  7,000  volumes.  This  article  is  in  the  fol- 
lowing words: — 

"  The  Trustees  grant  to  the  Professors  and  Pupils  of 


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the  Theological  Seminary,  the  free  use  of  the  College 
Library;  subject  to  such  rules  as  may  be  adopted  for  the 
preservation  of  the  books,  and  the  good  order  of  the 
same." 


There  has  been  a  slow,  but  steady,  increase  of  the 
number  of  students  in  the  Seminary,  from  the  opening 
of  the  first  session,  until  the  present  time.  It  began,  as 
we  have  seen,  with  three.  The  number  at  present  con- 
nected with  it  is  nearly  eighty.  The  whole  number  of 
students  who  have  belonged  to  Ihe  Institution,  from  its 
commencement,  including  those  now  belonging  to  it,  is 
235.  Of  these,  eight  are  deceased;  nearly  one  hundred 
are,  or  have  been,  pastors  of  churches;  one  is  a  mission- 
ary among  the  heathen  in  India;  two  are  missionaries 
among  the  heathen  in  our  own  country;  several  more 
have  in  view,  and  are  preparing  for,  the  same  field  of 
labour;  at  least /our  others  have  devoted  themselves  to 
foreign  missionary  service;  and  between  thirty  and  forty 
have  been,  or  are,  engaged  in  missions  in  frontier  and 
destitute  settlements. 


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CHAPTER  II. 

COURSE  OF  STUDY  IN  THE  SEMINARY. 

Third  Class ^  or  First  Year. 

1.  The  Original  Languages  of  Scripture.  This  is  a 
principal  object  of  attention,  during  the  whole  of  the 
first  year.  The  Teacher  of  Languages,  employed  by  the 
Professors,  with  the  permission  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, conducts  the  instruction  in  this  department. 

2.  Biblical  Criticism;  including  Critica  Sacra,  or 
what  relates  to  inquiries  concerning  the  true  text  of 
Scripture;  and  Hermeneutica  Sacra^  or  the  principles  of 
the  interpretation  of  Scripture.  By  the  Professor  of  Di- 
dactic and  Polemic  Theology. 

3.  Sacred  Chronology. 

4.  Sacred  Geography, 

Both  of  which  are  passed  over  in  a  rapid  and  general 
manner,  as  preliminary  to 

5.  Biblical  and  Profane  History  connected.  In  this 
department  Shuckford  and  Prideavx  are  used,  besides 
recommending  other  works,  and  delivering  Lectures  on 
particular  subjects  which  occur  in  different  parts  of  the 
course.  By  the  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  and 
Church  Government. 

6.  Jewish  Antiquities^  and  Oriental  Customs;  by  the 
Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology. 


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Second  Class^  or  Second  Year, 

1 .  Original  Languages  of  Scripture^  continued.  Du- 
ring the  second  year,  one  day  in  each  week  is  appro- 
priated to  this  department  of  study. 

2.  Didactic  Theology.  Two  days  in  each  week,  du- 
ring the  whole  of  the  second  year,  are  devoted  to  this 
subject. 

3.  Ecclesiastical  History.  On  this  department  of 
study,  also,  two  days  in  each  week  are  spent,  through 
the  whole  of  the  second  year. 

First  Class^  or  Third  Year. 

1 .  Didactic  Theology^ — continued  and  concluded. 

2.  Polemic  Theology.  This  department  is  entered 
upon  about  the  middle  of  the  first  session  of  the  third 
year,  and  engages  the  attention  of  the  class  for  about 
three  months. 

3.  Ecclesiastical  History — continued  and  closed. 

4.  Church  Government. 

5.  A  course  oj  Lectures  on  the  Composition  and  De- 
livery of  Sermons;  by  the  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical 
History  and  Church  Government. 

6.  «^  course  of  Lectures  on  the  Pastoral  care;  by  the 
Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology. 


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CHAPTER  III. 

The  Funds  of  the  Seminary. 

On  this  subject  it  is  humiliating  to  be  obliged  to  make 
a  statement,  so  little  gratifying  to  the  friends  of  the  Se- 
minary, and  so  little  to  the  credit  of  the  Church  by  which 
the  Institution  has  been  founded. 

The  whole  Permanent  Fund  of  the  Seminary  amounts 
only  to  SI 8,200. 

The  annual  interest  accruing  on  this  fund,  is  about 
S1092. 

In  the  mean  time,  the  annual  necessary  expenses  of 
the  Institution  amount  to  about  S4,500. 

So  that  the  whole  stated  annual  income  of  the  Semi- 
nary, falls  short  of  its  stated  annual  expenditure,  by 
about  S3408. 

And  as  the  interest  only  of  the  permanent  fund,  by  the 
conditions  under  which  it  was  contributed,  by  the  do^ 
nors,  can  be  used  for  the  current  expenses  of  the  Insti- 
tution; it  is  evident  that  not  only  its  prosperity,  but  its 
very  existenee,  from  year  to  year,  depends  on  the  preca- 
rious contributions  to  what  is  called  the  Contingent  Fund 
of  the  Seminary;  a  fund  which  is  hardly  ever  sufficient 
for  the  current  expenses;  and  for  supplying  the  deficien- 
cy of  which,  it  has  been  more  than  once  necessary  to 
make  temporary  loans.     In  this  manner,  with  the  ut- 


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most  difficult}^,  and  by  pursuing  a  constant  system  oi 
importunate  beggings  by  congregational  collection,  &:c. 
the  Seminary  has  been  Jitsi  kept  from  sinking,  ever  since 
it  was  organized;  and  to  the  present  hour  it  is  support- 
ed by  means,  of  the  continuance  of  which,  from  one 
year  to  another,  there  is,  humanly  speaking,  no  cer- 
tainty. 

The  amount  of  the  Student''s  Fund,  or  the  fund  des- 
tined by  its  contributors  to  the  support  of  indigent  stu- 
dents, is  B4,100. 

The  annual  interest  arising  from  this  fund,  which 
alone  can  be  applied  to  the  aid  of  students,  is  !B246. 

Resolutions  have  been  adopted,  and  measures  taken, 
for  endowing  three  Professorships  in  the  Seminary,  viz. 

One  by  the  Synod  of  Mrth  Carolinu  and  the  Synod 
of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia,  jointly.  The  requisite 
sum  is  engaged  to  be  collected  in  four  years  from  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Synods  in  November,  1821.  A 
small  portion  of  the  amount  is  already  paid  in. 

One  by  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  No  time  is  fixed 
for  the  completion  of  this  engagement.  A  few  small 
sums  have  been  collected,  within  the  bounds  of  the  Sy- 
nod, toward  the  object. 

One  by  the  Synod  of  J^'^ew  York  and  J\^cw  Jersey. 
Some  little  progress  has  been  made  toward  the  comple- 
tion of  this  endowment:  but  how  soon  the  whole  can  be 
raised,  is  uncertain. 


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The  following  Scholarships,  or  separate  funds,  for 
the  support  of  a  student  each,  have  been  founded,  viz. 

^1.  The  Le  Roy  scholarship,  >  Both  founded  by  Mrs. 

*2.  The  Banyar  scholarship,  ^  jy^^  york.       ^^' 

*3.  The  Lenox  scholarship,  founded  by  Robert  Lenox, 
Esquire,  of  JVeto  York. 

4.  The  Whitehead  scholarship,  founded  by  John 
Whitehead,  Esquire,  of  Burke  County,  Georgia. 

5.  The  Charleston  Female  scholarship,  founded  by 
the  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  Female  Associa- 
tion, of  Charleston,  S.  C.  for  assisting  in  the  education 
of  pious  youth  for  the  Gospel  ministry. 

*6. Founded  by  the  First  Class  in  the 

Seminary,  for  the  year  1819. 

*7.  The  J\ephew  scholarship,  founded  by  James  JVe- 
phew.  Esquire,  of  M'Intosh  county,  Georgia. 

*8.  The  Woodhull  scholarship,  founded  by  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Woodhull,  of  Brookhaven,  Long  Island. 

Several  other  scholarships  are  in  progress;  and  it  is 
hoped  that  the  requisite  funds  for  their  completion,  will 
be  collected  in  two  or  three  years. 

*  With  respect  to  the  Scholarships  marked  thus,  the  principal 
or  capital  sum  pledged,  has  not  been  actually  paid  into  the  hands 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Trustees;  but  the  ajinual  interest  is  en- 
gaged to  be  punctually  paid,  until  the  principal  shall  be  actually 
deposited. 

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CHAPTER  l\. 

The  Wants  of  the  Seminary. 

Although  this  Institution  has  been  in  operation  for 
more  than  nine  years,  yet  a  variety  of  circumstances 
have  served  to  show  that  the  public  are  very  imperfectly 
informed  of  its  situation.  That  its  friends  may  be  the 
better  able  to  judge  of  its  wants,  and  of  the  various  ways 
in  which  the  wealthy  and  the  pious  may  contribute  to 
its  benefits,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  exhibit  in  detail 
the  following  items,  with  a  distinct  explanation  connect- 
ed with  each. 

I.  The  support  of  the  Professors. 

This  is  mentioned  first,  because  it  is  the  most  vital 
and  indispensable  part  of  the  whole.  A  Theological 
Seminary  without  adequate  Instructors,  would,  of  course, 
be  a  name  without  a  reality.  It  would  be  possible  to 
get  along — inconveniently  and  imperfectly,  indeed;  but 
still  to  get  along,  without  public  buildings,  without  a 
public  library,  and  without  funds  for  the  support  of  stu- 
dents. But  without  Instructors,  nothing,  it  is  evident, 
in  the  form  of  a  Seminary  of  learning,  can  be  carried 
on  at  all.  And  it  is  equally  evident,  that  capable  In- 
structors can  not  be  expected  to  quit  other  important 
stations,  and  devote  themselves,  for  life,  to  this  object, 
without  some  good  prospect  of  a  comfortable  and  per- 


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manent  support.  Yet  it  has  been,  (or  some  time,  u 
matter  of  wonder  and  regret  to  the  friends  of  the  Semi- 
nary, that  it  has  been,  for  so  many  years  a  candidate 
for  the  favour  of  the  religious  public,  without  obtaining 
a  single  permanent  and  adequate  endowment,  for  the 
support  of  even  one  Professor.  Almost  all  other  insti- 
tutions of  a  similar  kind  have  been  built  up  by  the 
large  donations  of  liberal  benefactors.  Toward  some 
of  them  there  has  been  a  liberality  of  this  kind  dis- 
played, which  reflects  the  highest  honour  on  a  number 
of  distinguished  individuals.  The  names  of  Hollis 
and  Boylston,  of  Hancock^  Hersey  and  Erving,  desig- 
nating so  many  different  Professorships  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Cambridge^  in  Massachusetts^  have  long  been 
monuments  of  splendid  munificence,  and  will  be  trans- 
mitted with  honour  to  the  end  of  time.  And  in  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Andover^  the  Professorships  of 
Christian  Theology^  of  Sacred  Rhetoric,  and  of  Sacred 
Literature,  confer  on  the  names  of  Bartlett  and  Abbott, 
of  Brown  and  Morris,  an  illustrious  immortality.  But, 
while  so  much  h^s  been  done,  by  Christian  liberality, 
for  other  Institutions,  it  is  a  humiliating  fact,  that  no  in- 
dividual has  been  hitherto  found,  in  all  our  large  and 
wealthy  bounds,  who  has  manifested  a  disposition  to 
endow  a  single  Professorship.  Can  the  thought  be  ad- 
mitted that  there  is  less  enlightened  attachment  to  the 
Church  of  Christ,  or  less  disposition  to  exercise  muni- 
ficence in  the  best  of  all  causes,  in  the  bosom  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  than  among  our  Congregational 


brethren  of  New  England  ?  May  ^ve  not  ratlier  hope, 
that  the  deficiency  hitherto  acknowledged  and  lamented, 
has  been  owing  to  a  want  of  acquaintance  with  the  ne- 
cessities of  the  Institution,  rather  than  to  the  want  of 
a  disposition  to  patronize  it?  May  we  not  cherish  the 
hope,  that  when  the  object  is  fairly  presented,  and  the 
urgent  necessities  of  the  Seminary  fully  made  known, 
there  will  also  be  found  among  Presbyterians  an 
amount  of  Christian  liberality  and  public  spirit,  com- 
mensurate with  the  demand  for  its  exercise? 

It  will  be  observed,  that  the  Plan  of  the  Seminary 
provides,  that  "  if  any  person  or  persons,  not  exceeding 
"three,  shall,  by  will,  or  during  his  or  their  lives, 
*'  found  or  endow  a  Professorship  or  Professorships,  said 
"  Professorship  or  Professorships  shall  forever  after- 
"  wards  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  or  names 
''  of  those  who  founded  or  endowed  them."  And  in 
connection  with  this,  the  General  Assembly  of  1815, 
resolved,  "  that  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  thousand 
"  dollars  should  be  considered  as  requisite  to  endow  a 
"  Professorship." 

It  is  true,  as  was  before  mentioned,  that  J^orth  Caro- 
lina^ and  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia^ 
have  resolved  jointly  to  endow  a  Professorship  in  this 
Seminary,  and  to  have  the  requisite  funds  collected,  in 
four  years  from  last  Autumn.  And  it  is  also  true,  that 
the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  Synod  of  J^eio  York 
and  JVewj  Jersey,  have  resolved  to  endow  a  Professor- 
ship each,  in  the  same  Institution.     But  when  the  ac- 


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tual  completion  of  the  design  of  the  two  latter  Synods 
shall  be  effected,  is  very  uncertain.  In  the  mean  time 
the  Seminary  is  struggling  for  existence,  and  it  is  hardly 
known,  from  one  quarter  to  another,  how  the  salaries  of 
the  Professors  can  be  paid.  These  Synodical  move- 
ments, then,  do  by  no  means,  surpersede  the  necessity 
of  individual  munificence.  Nay,  such  munificence  is 
immediately  and  urgently  needed,  in  order  to  prevent 
the  Institution  from  being  cramped  and  embarrassed  to 
a  degree  at  once  discouraging,  and  deeply  injurious  to 
its  usefulness. 

Wealthy  individuals,  by  coming  forward  and  endow- 
ing one  or  more  Professorships  themselves,  may  not  only 
endear  their  names  to  Christians  of  the  most  distant 
posterity;  but  may  also  render  it  unnecessary  for  the 
Synods  to  collect  monies  for  the  accomplishment  of 
their  purpose  from  the  poor  as  well  as  the  rich,  within 
their  respective  bounds.  Or,  those  whose  pecuniary 
means  do  not  allow  of  so  large  an  enterprize,  may,  by 
throwing  in  a  few  hundreds,  or  a  few  thousands,  into 
the  Synodical  appropriations  for  this  purpose,  happily 
assist  in  expediting  the  attainment  of  their  object. 

It  has  been  already  intimated,  that  the  support  of  the 
two  Professors  already  appointed,  is  precarious  and  un- 
certain. But  this  is  not  all.  There  is  an  urgent  de- 
mand for  a  third  Professor.  Indeed  the  best  interests 
of  the  Seminary  will  be  very  imperfectly  provided  for, 
tintil  this  addition  to  the  number  of  the  Professors  shall 
5* 


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be  made.  But  whence  is  the  support  of  such  an  addi- 
tional officer  to  be  drawn?  The  individual  or  individu- 
als who  should  provide  a  permanent  fund  for  this  pur- 
pose, would  render  a  most  essential  service  to  this 
School  of  the  Prophets,  and  it  is  hoped,  contribute  to 
the  promotion  of  pure  and  undefiled  religion  in  our  land. 
The  General  Assembly  engage  to  find  a  house  for 
each  Professor.  This,  in  Princeton,  it  is  not  easy  to 
do,  unless  by  purchasing  or  building.  The  house  now 
occupied  by  the  Professor  of  Didactic  and  Polemic 
Theology,  was  erected  chiefly  by  the  donations  of  pious 
individuals,  appropriated  by  them  specially  for  that  ob- 
ject If  a  Professor  of  Oriental  and  Biblical  Literature 
should  be  appointed  at  no  great  distance  of  time,  it 
would  be  desirable  to  have  a  comfortable  dwelling  house 
for  his  use.  And  if  any  individual,  or  individuals  should 
think  proper  to  direct  their  liberality  in  this  channel,  it 
would  be  conferring  an  important  favour  on  the  Institu- 
tion. 

II.   The  support  of  Students, 

A  number  of  the  Students  belonging  to  the  Semi- 
nary, are  unable  to  provide  the  means  of  their  own 
support;  and  unless  these  means  were  furnished  from 
Other  sources,  would  be  obliged  to  withdraw  from  the 
Institution,  and  from  all  the  advantages  which  it  af- 
fords. This  generally  has  been,  and  is  now,  the  case 
with  about  one  third  of  the  whole  number.     But,  after 


all  that  has  been  done  in  this  way,  many  pious  and 
promising  young  men,  in  diiTcrent  parts  of  our  Church, 
who  desired  to  come  to  the  Seminary,  have  been  pre- 
vented from  enjoying  the  privilege,  because  no  encou- 
ragement to  hope  for  support,  even  in  part,  could  be 
held  out  to  them;  and  in  some  cases,  it  is  feared,  the 
Church  has  been  altogether  deprived  of  the  services  of 
precious  youth,  who  might  have  adorned  her  ministry, 
but  who  saw  no  door  open  for  pursuing  the  studies  ne- 
cessary to  qualify  ihem  for  the  sacred  office. 

It  is  of  the  utmost  importance,  then,  that  funds  be 
furnished  for  the  support  of  indigent  students;  for  the 
entire  support  of  those  who  need  it,  and  for  the  partial 
aid  of  those  whose  circumstances  are  straitened.  In- 
deed the  Seminary  can  not  be  considered  as  accomplish- 
ing all  that  it  is  intended  to  accomplish,  until  it  shall 
be  able  freely  to  open  its  doors  to  all  the  youth  of  piety 
and  talent,  who  may  desire  the  holy  ministry;  affording 
gratuitous  instruction  to  all  without  exception,  and  gra- 
tuitous boarding  to  all  who  may  need  such  assistance. 

For  this  purpose,  it  will  be  observed,  that  the  Plan 
of  the  Seminary  provides  for  the  endowment  of  Scho- 
larships^ that  is,  devoting  a  principal  sum,  the  interest 
of  which  shall  be  sacredly  applied,  forever,  to  the  sup- 
port of  an  indigent  student.  These  Scholarships ,  it  is 
further  provided,  shall  forever  bear  the  name  of  their 
founders  respectively.  A  number  of  Scholarships  have 
been  already  founded,  by  distinguished  friends  of  the 


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Seminary,  as  has  been  seen  in  a  preceding  chapter; 
and  it  is  earnestly  hoped  that  their  number  will  be  in- 
creased.    Can  a  Christian  of  wealth  and  public  spirit 
devote  a  portion  of  his  property  to  a    more  interesting 
purpose  ?    While  so  much  pains  and  expense  are  be- 
stowed on  sending  the  Bible,  in  all  languages,  to  every 
part  of  the  world;  can  it  be  forgotten  that  the  living 
TEACHER  is  an  appointment  of  God,  for  converting  the 
nations,  no  less  important  than  the  written  word?    And 
can  any  one  who  has  eyes  to  see,  and  ears  to  hear,  fail 
of  knowing,  that  while  Bibles  are  multiplying  rapidly, 
there  is  not  a  corresponding  multiplication  of  Ministers 
of  the  cross9    Is  it  not  an  object,  then,  worthy  of  the 
best  efforts  of  every  believer  in  Christ,  to  do  all  in  his 
power  to  add  to  their  number?    And  how  can  he  do  it 
better  than  by  founding  Scholarships  in   Theological 
Seminaries?    To  establish  a  fund  for  the  education  of 
one  minister  of  the  Gospel  after  another,  in  an  unbroken 
succession,  perhaps  to  the  end  of  time,  is  surely  one  of 
the  most  desirable  achievements  of  Christian  charity 
which  a  pious  mind  can  easily  contemplate.     Perhaps 
there  is  no  other  object  to  which  such  a  sum  can  be  ap- 
propriated, that  will  be  likely  so  extensively  to  promote 
the  glory  of  God,  the  good  of  souls,  and  the  eternal  re- 
ward of  the  pious  donor. 

The  General  Assembly  have  determined,  that  a  sum 
not  less  than  two  thousand  and  Jive  hundred  dollars  shall 
be  considered  as  requisite  to  endow  a  Scholarship,     It 


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is  evident,  however,  that  the  annual  interest  of  S2,500, 
especially  at  the  present  low  rate  of  interest,  is  not  suf- 
ficient for  the  support  of  any  young  man,  in  a  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  even  in  the  most  economical  manner.  It 
is  desirable,  therefore,  that  a  few  Scholarships  of  higher 
amount,  say  of  S3,000  and  S3,500  be  established.  For 
while  some  Students  are  able  to  furnish  a  part  of  what 
is  necessary  for  their  own  support,  others  are  totally 
destitute,  and  of  course,  must  be  furnished  with  a  full 
support^  if  any. 

The  greater  part,  however,  of  the  support  which  has 
been  hitherto  furnished  to  indigent  Students,  in  this  In- 
stitution, has  been  derived  from  the  contributions  of 
Female  Cent  Societies,  in  different  parts  of  our 
Church.  It  is  highly  gratifying,  and  nothing  more  than 
justice,  to  state,  that  by  the  liberality  of  pious  females, 
sixteen  students,  in  the  course  of  a  single  year,  have  been 
either  in  whole,  or  in  part,  supported  in  the  prosecution 
of  their  studies.  It  is  very  much  to  be  wished,  not  only 
that  the  Societies  already  formed,  may  be  maintained 
and  extended;  but  also  that  new  ones  may  be  formed, 
in  those  portions  of  the  Church  in  which  nothing  of  the 
kind  has  been  done.  A  few  pious  females,  by  associat- 
ing, and  contributing  annually  two  or  three  dollars  each, 
may  become  the  happy  instruments  of  furnishing  funds 
which  will  nearly,  if  not  entirely,  carry  through  the 
Seminary,  a  youth,  who  may  be  long  an  eminent  herald 
of  the  cross,  and  a  means  of  blessing  to  thousands. 


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The  funds  furnished  by  the  Female  Cent  Societies, 
have  been  generally  transmitted  to  the  Professors,  and 
placed  at  their  disposal.  Of  the  manner  in  which  they 
are  appropriated,  an  exact  report  is  annually  made  by 
the  Professors,  to  the  Board  of  Directors:  And  an  ac- 
count of  the  monies  received  from  the  several  Cent  So- 
cieties, and  from  other  similar  sources,  for  the  same 
purpose,  is  published,  in  the  annual  report  of  the  Board 
for  the  information  of  the  Churches. 

III.   The  purchase  of  an  adequate  Library. 

A  good  Library  is  an  article  of  great  importance  in  a 
Theological  Seminary.  Without  it,  Students  are  sub- 
jected to  privations  and  embarrassments  of  the  most  se- 
rious kind,  at  every  step  of  their  course.  The  library 
at  present  possessed  by  the  Seminar}',  is  very  small  and 
imperfect.  It  contains  comparatively  few  of  the  books 
which  are  most  indispensable  to  Theological  Students. 
And  of  the  few  valuable  ones  which  it  does  contain, 
there  are,  in  most  cases,  only  single  copies.  Whereas, 
with  respect  to  a  number  of  works,  which  are  either 
used  as  class-books,  or  recommended,  in  the  course  of 
the  lectures,  to  the  perusal  of  all  the  Students,  it  is 
highly  desirable,  and  indeed  almost  indispensable,  that 
there  should  be  a  considerable  number  of  copies.  The 
friends  of  the  Seminary,  in  every  part  of  the  United 
States,  are  respectfully  informed,  that  donations  in 
Books,  of  almost  every  kind,  relating  to  Theology,  or 
the  auxiliary  branches  of  knowledge,  will  be  gratefully 


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received.  The  Institution,  however,  especially  needs 
Hebrew  Bibles  and  Greek  Testaments;  works  on  Bibli- 
cal criticism;  approved  Lexicons;  works  on  Systematic 
Theology,  in  all  languages;  works  on  Ecclesiastical  His- 
tory and  Church  Government;  and,  in  short,  all  those 
books  which  are  immediately  or  remotely  connected 
with  the  actual  studies  of  the  Institution. 

But,  besides  donations  in  books,  any  friend  of  the 
Seminary  disposed  to  contribute  to  its  aid,  may,  if  he 
think  proper,  direct,  that  whatever  monies  he  shall 
contribute,  be  devoted  to  the  increase  of  the  Library. 
He  may  even  direct  in  the  purchase  of  what  particular 
works  it  shall  be  expended. 

The  apartment  in  the  public  edifice,  destined  for  the 
Library,  is  entirely  too  small  for  the  reception  of  such  a 
collection  as  every  Theological  Seminary  ought  to  pos- 
sess.    Nor  is  this  all:  an  extensive  and  valuable  Libra- 
ry ought  never  to  be  deposited  in  any  other  than  a  fire- 
proof building.     It  is  exceedingly  desirable,  therefore, 
that  some  individual  or  individuals,  friendly  to  the  Se- 
minary, should  erect  a  suitable  building,  for  the  recep- 
tion of  a  large  library,  within  a  few  feet  of  the  main 
edifice,  and  constructed  as  nearly  as  possible  upon  the 
principle  of  being  proof  against  fire,  while  it  should  ad- 
mit of  being  comfortably  warmed.     The  destruction  of 
the  greater  part  of  the  Library  of  Princeton  College,  by 
the  memorable  fire  which  consumed  the  public  edifice 
of  that  Institution,  in  1802,  furnished  a  very  instructive 
admonition  on  this  subject. 


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CHAPTER  V. 

Expenses  of  the  Seminary. 

The  necessary  expenses  of  a  Student  in  this  Institu- 
tion, may  be  computed  as  follows,  viz. 

Boarding,  say  40  weeks,  at  S2  per  week  jS80  00 

Room-rent,  for  each  Student  1 5  00 

Fire- wood  12  00 

Washing  12  00 

Candles,  stationar}",  incidental  expenses,  &c.  20  00 


Sia9  00 
The  expenses  of  necessary  clothings  books^  travellings 
&c.  are,  of  course,  excluded  from  this  statement;  and, 
indeed,  they  vary  so  much  with  different  individuals, 
that  no  general  estimate  respecting  them,  could  be  use- 
ful. 

Of  the  foregoing  items,  the  Boarding  and  Room-rent, 
for  each  session,  are  always  required  by  law  to  be  paid 
in  advance^  before  the  Student  can  take  his  place,  or 
recite  in  any  class.  The  winter  session  being  more 
than  double  the  length'of  the  summer  session,  the  sums 
necessary  to  be  advanced  at  the  commencement  of  each, 
may,  in  general,  be  estimated  as  follows,  viz. 

Winter  session  $64 

Summer  session  S31 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

BYE-LAWS,  AND  INTERNAL  REGULATIWS  OF   THE  SEMI- 
NARY. 

I. 

Rules  of  Decorum^  Order  and  Duty  for  the  Students. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Student  to  attend 
punctually  at  the  hour  appointed  for  each  recitation  or 
lecture  to  begin. 

2.  ^very  student  who  shall  be  absent,  without  leave, 
from  the  recitation  or  lecture  of  any  Professor,  shall  as- 
sign to  such  Professor,  in  writing,  the  reason  of  his  ab- 
sence. 

3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Student,  when,  in 
the  course  of  recitation,  he  shall  be  addressed  by  the 
Professor,  to  rise,  and  remain  standing,  while  he  is  an- 
swering the  questions,  or  performing  the  part  assigned 
him;  unless  the  Professor  shall  particularly  request  him 
to  remain  seated. 

4.  If  any  Student  desire  to  obtain  leave  of  absence, 
if  he  contemplates  absence  from  only  one  recitation  or 
lecture,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  apply  only  to  the  Profes- 
sor who  is  to  conduct  the  recitation  or  lecture  in  ques- 
tion. But  if  it  be  his  wish  to  be  absent  from  two  or 
more  recitations,  it  shall  then  be  his  duty  to  apply  to 
both  Professors  for  leave  of  absence. 

5.  No  conversation  shall  be  allowed  during  any  reci- 
tation or  lecture,  nor  any  reading,  excepting  that  which 

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relates  immediately  to  the  subject  of  the  lecture.  This 
rule,  however,  shall  not  be  considered  as  prohibiting  any 
pertinent  questions  which  any  Student  may  be  disposed 
to  ask  respecting  the  subject  at  any  time  under  conside- 
ration. 

II. 

Rules  for  the  regulation  of  the  Students  in  the  edifice  of 
the  Theological  Seminary,  enacted  by  the  Board  of 
Directors,  at  their  session  in  September,  1817. 

1.  Morning  and  evening  Prayers  shall  be  attended  by 
the  Students  of  the  Seminary,  at  the  same  hour  as  in  the 
College. 

2.  In  conducting  the  devotions  of  the  morning,  the 
Students  of  the  First  class  shall  preside  in  rotation,  ex- 
cept when  one  of  the  Professors  is  present. 

3.  Evening  prayers  shall  be  regularly  attended  by 
one  of  the  Professors. 

4.  It  shall  be  left  to  the  Professors  to  accompany  prayer 
with  such  other  exercises  as  to  them  may  seem  proper. 

5.  From  morning  prayers  until  breakfast;  from  9 
o'clock  until  12;  and  from  2  o'clock,  P.  M.  until  5, 
shall  be  hours  of  study. 

6.  In  the  hours  of  study,  the  Students  shall  not  be 
unnecessarily  absent  from  their  respective  rooms;  nor 
shall  there  be  any  passing  from  room  to  room,  unless  on 
special  business. 

7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Students  to  preserve 
their  rooms  neat  and  clean,  and  carefully  to  avoid  de- 
facing or  injuring  any  part  of  the  edifice. 


8.  All  unnecessary  noise  within  the  edifice,  is  pro- 
hibited at  all  times,  but  especially  in  the  hours  of  study, 

9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Student  to  spend  some 
portion  of  each  day  in  wholesome  exercise. 

10.  The  Professors  shall  have  a  general  power  to  pre- 
serve order  and  decorum  in  the  house;  to  inspect  the 
rooms  of  the  Students;  to  appoint  monitors  or  censors; 
to  direct  and  govern  any  person  or  persons,  who  may  be 
employed  as  servants  in  the  house;  and  to  dismiss  the 
same,  whenever  they  shall  judge  it  proper. 

11.  It  shall  also  belong  to  the  Professors  to  prescribe 
rules  for  the  preservation  of  order  and  decorum  in  the 
attendance  of  the  students  at  their  meals. 

12.  The  students  shall,  at  all  times,  treat  the  Steward 
of  the  Seminary  with  respect;  and  they  shall  not,  on 
any  occasion,  infringe  on  the  regulations  which,  with  the 
approbation  of  the  Professors,  he  may  make  for  the  go- 
vernment of  the  servants,  or  of  the  Refectory,  or  kitchen. 

12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Professors  of  the  Se- 
minary to  enforce  these  rules;  and  to  exercise  such  dis- 
cipline, in  case  of  an  infringement  of  any  of  them,  as  to 
them  may  seem  proper;  not  inconsistent  with  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  Seminary. 

III. 

Rules  for  the  regulation  of  the  Students  in  the  Dining- 
Room — Enacted,  Mvember,  1817. 

1.  The  students  shall,  at  the  proper  signal,  assemble 


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in  the  Dining-room,  in  as  quiet  and  orderly  a  manner 
as  possible. 

2,  A  member  of  the  First  Class,  in  alphabetical  or- 
der, shall  preside  at  each  meal.  The  presiding  student 
shall  ask  a  blessing,  and  shall  call  upon  any  other  whom 
he  may  think  proper,  to  return  thanks. 

3.  The  members  of  each  Class,  as  far  as  circumstances 
will  admit,  shall  sit  together  at  table. 

IV. 

Regulations  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Directors ,  May, 
1820. 

No  student  shall  board  out  of  the  Seminary  except 
for  the  following  reasons: — 

1.  Where  rooms  can  not  be  furnished  to  the  whole 
number  of  pupils;  then  the  surplussage  may  board  out. 

2.  When  the  health  of  a  student  seriously  requires 
that  he  should  live  out  of  the  edifice. 

3.  Students  belonging  to  families  residing  in  the 
town,  or  vicinity,  shall  not  be  required  to  board  in  the 
Seminary;  nor  those  who  are  tutors  in  the  College,  or 
have  to  teach  in  private  families  or  Academies  for  their 
support. 

On  these  items,  severally,  the  Faculty  of  the  Semi- 
nary, exercising  a  sound  discretion,  are  to  be  the  only 
judges. 


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Regulations  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Director's,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1820,  and  amended  in  May,  1821. 

Resolved,  That  all  the  students  of  this  Seminary 
shall  be  required,  at  the  commencement  of  each  session, 
to  pay,  or  satisfactorily  to  secure,  the  full  amount  of  the 
charges  for  boarding  and  room-rent  for  the  said  session. 
The  charge  for  board,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Steward;  and 
the  room-rent  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors: and  every  student  shall  produce  the  Treasurer's 
receipt  for  the  said  room-rent,  and  the  Steward's  receipt, 
or  written  acknowledgment  of  being  satisfied,  for  the 
board,  before  he  shall  be  admitted  to  a  recitation  in  the 
Seminary. 

Resolved,  That  the  Professors  shall  withhold  an  hon- 
ourable discharge  from  such  students  as  are  about  leav- 
ing the  Seminary,  and  may  be  in  debt  for  room-rent, 
until  such  debts  are  discharged. 

CHAPTER   VII. 

VOLUNTARY  SOCIETIES  FORMED  BY  THE  STUDENTS  OF 
THE  SEMINARY,  FOR  THEIR  IMPROVEMENT  IN  KNOW- 
LEDGE AND  PIETY. 

1.   The  Tlieolo^ical  Society, 

This  Society  embraces  all  the  students  in  the  Semi- 
6* 


nary,  together  with  such  Ministers  and  Licentiates  as 
reside  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  may  find  it  convenient 
to  attend. 

It  meets  twice  in  each  week;  on  Tuesday  ^nd  Friday 
evenings.  On  Tuesday  evenings,  the  exercises  consist  in 
delivering  Orations  from  memory  by  the  students. 
Every  Oration,  immediately  after  its  close,  is  freely 
criticised.  In  these  criticisms  the  students  are  all  at 
liberty  to  partake;  and  the  Professors  make  their  re- 
marks last.  This  exercise  is  intended  to  fulfil  that  part 
of  section  4,  art.  VI.  of  the  Plan  of  the  Seminary, 
which  requires  "  each  student,  once  a  month,  to  commit 
"  to  memory  a  piece  of  his  own  composition,  and  pro- 
"  nounce  it  in  public,  before  the  Professors  and  Stu- 
"  dents." 

On  Friday  evenings,  the  exercises  are,  Debates,  on 
select  subjects  previously  assigned,  relating  to  Theology, 
Casuistry,  Ecclesiastical  History,  Church  Government, 
Morals,  &c. :  and  also  Essays  on  particular  passages  of 
Scripture.  The  subjects  of  debate,  and  the  passages  of 
Scripture  are  assigned  by  the  presiding  Professor;  and 
the  Professors  preside  alternately  in  the  Society. 

2,  The  Society  for  improvement  in  the  Composition  and 
Delivery  of  Sermons, 

This  Society  is  chiefly  composed  of  such  members  of 
the  Seminary  as  have  entered  on  the  third  or  last  year 
of  their  course.  It  meets  once  a  week;  and  at  every 
meeting,  two  complete  Sermons  arc  deliveredj  memoriter, 


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by  two  students,  appointed  for  that  purpose,  in  alpha- 
betical order.  These  sermons  are  fully  criticised,  as  to 
their  matter,  style,  delivery,  &c.  by  all  the  members  of 
the  Society.  The  Professors  make  their  remarks  at  the 
close;  commenting,  as  they  find  occasion,  not  only  on 
the  substance  and  form  of  the  discourse  delivered;  but 
also  on  the  criticisms  which  have  previously  been  made 
upon  it.  In  this  society,  as  in  the  preceding,  the  Pro- 
fessors preside,  and  occupy  the  chair  alternately. 

3.  Society  for  Improvement  in  Biblical  Literature, 

This  Society  meets  every  Monday  evening,  with  the 
exception  of  the  first  Monday  evening  of  each  month, 
when  it  gives  way  to  the  Monthly  Prayer  Meeting.  The 
exercises  consist,  in  giving  an  exact  translation  of  select 
portions  of  Scripture,  assigned  by  the  President,  together 
with  critical  analyses,  and  remarks,  and  also  practical 
observations,  on  the  same.  This  exercise  is  performed 
by  each  member,  in  alphabetical  order;  and  his  per- 
formance is  subject  to  the  criticism  of  all  present.  At  each 
meeting  also,  in  addition  to  the  above  mentioned  critical 
exercise,  a  student,  in  alphabetical  order,  is  directed  by 
the  President,  to  "bring  in  an  Essay,  or  Dissertation,  on 
some  subject  connected  with  Biblical  Literature.  This 
is  a  select  society.  Members  of  any  of  the  classes  may 
be  received  into  it  by  election.  The  Professors,  and 
some  others,  are  honorary  members.  The  Assistant 
Teacher  of  the  Original  Languages  of  Scripture,  is  the 
standing  President  of  this  Society. 


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4,  The  Society  of  Inquirtj  respecting  Missions,  and  the 
State  of  Religion, 

This  Society  was  instituted  soon  after  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Seminary,  and  has  been  ever  since  growing 
in  interest  and  importance.  It  meets,  statedly,  once  a 
month,  as  well  as  sometimes  on  special  occasions.  Its 
exercises  are.  Debates  on  subjects  connected  with  the 
propagation  of  the  Gospel;  Reports  on  the  State  of  Re- 
ligion in  different  parts  of  the  world;  Biographical 
SketcJi£s  of  distinguished  Missionaries,  or  of  their  own 
deceased  members,  &c.  Its  object  is,  to  store  the  minds 
of  its  members  with  knowledge  on  Missionary  subjects; 
to  ascertain  the  situation  and  wants  of  destitute  regions 
of  the  world,  and  the  best  means  of  spreading  the  Gos- 
pel among  them;  and  to  enkindle  and  cherish  the  spirit 
of  Missions  in  their  own  souls.  This  Society  chooses  its 
officers  from  among  its  ordinary  members.  The  Pro- 
fessors, and  the  Teacher  of  the  Original  Languages  of 
Scripture,  are  honorary  members.  All  the  Reports,  Bio- 
graphical Sketches,  &c.  brought  into  the  Society,  are 
carefully  transcribed  on  paper  of  uniform  size,  and  pre- 
served; and  the  Society  has  commenced  the  formation 
of  a  Missionary  Library,  chiefly  from  donations,  which 
is  every  year  becoming  more  valuable. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

A 

OF 

THOSE  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  MEMBERS 

OP  THE 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

AND 

A  LIST 

OF  THE  PRESENT  OFFICERS  AND  STUDENTS- 


Note. — The  year  placed  over  the  names,  is  that  in 
which  the  students  entered  the  Seminary. 

The  columns  at  the  right  hand  of  the  page  denote  the 
respective  Colleges  at  which  the  students  graduated,  and 
the  term  of  their  residence  at  the  Seminary. 

The  following  is  an  explanation  of  the  abbreviations 
in  the  left  hand  column. 


N.  H.     denotes      Nassau  Hall,  N.  J. 

U.  C.  Union  College,  N.  Y. 

C.  C.  Columbian  College,  do. 
Y.  C.  Yale  College,  Conn. 
Wms.  C.  Williams  College,  Mass. 
Q.  C.  Queen's  College,  N.  J. 

U.  N.  C.  University  of  N.  Carolina,  N.  C. 

Dart.  C.  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H 

M.  C.  Middlebury  College,  Vt. 

U.  P.  Universitv  of  Pennsylvania,  Pa. 

H.  S.  C.  Hampden  Sidney  College,  Va. 

T.  U.  Transylvania  University,  Ky. 

J.  C.  Jefferson  College,  Pa. 

D.  C.  Dickinson  College,  do. 

C.  S.  C.  College  of  South-Carolina,  S.  C. 

W.  C.  Washington  College,  Pa. 

W.  C.  V.  Washington  College  of  Virginia,  Va. 

U.  0.  University  of  Ohio,  Ohio. 

H.  C.  Hamilton  College,  N.  Y. 

U.  V.  University  of  Vermont.  Vt. 

The  names  of  those  who  are  deceased,  are  marked 
with  an  asterisk. 


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NAMES. 

Residec 

1  at  tlie 

1812. 

Graduated 

Sem 
Y. 

nary. 

William  Blain,      - 

u.  c. 

2 

4 

Henry  Blatchford, 

do. 

2 

7 

John  Covert,  jun.  - 

c.c. 

3 

*Leverett  J.  F.  Huntington, 

Y.  C. 

3 

William  A,  McDowell,   - 

N.  H. 

1 

James  H.  Parmele, 

Y.  C. 

2 

6 

Benjamin  F.  Stanton, 

U.  C. 

2 

10 

Henry  R.  Weed,   - 

do. 

3 

Halsey  Wood,        - 

do. 

2 

10 

1813. 

John  Barnard, 

U.  C. 

3 

Lebbeus  Booth, 

do. 

10 

Phineas  Camp, 

do. 

2 

6 

*John  Cruikshanks, 

Y.  C. 

2 

3 

John  T.  Edgar,     - 

2 

6 

Jacob  Green, 

Q,  C. 

2 

6 

William  Hooper,   - 

U.  N.  C. 

6 

Samuel  B.  How,   - 

U.  P. 

6 

David  Oliphant,     - 

U.  C. 

6 

Samuel  Robertson, 

Wms.  C. 

2 

2 

John  Ross,   -         -         - 

M.  C. 

2 

6 

^Thomas  C.  Searle, 

Dart.  C. 

2 

Reuben  Smith, 

M.  C. 

2 

Jehiel  Talmage,     - 

N.  H. 

2 

6 

*Backus  Wilbur,    - 

do. 

3 

1814. 

Wells  Andrews,     - 

J.  C. 

2 

Thomas  B.  Balch, 

N.  H. 

2 

4 

Jeremiah  Chamberlain,  - 

D.  C. 

3 

John  F.  Crow, 

10 

Ashbel  G.  Fairchild,       - 

N.  H. 

2 

3 

George  W.  Gale,  - 

U.  C. 

1 

4 

Eliphalet  W.  Gilbert,      - 

do. 

2 

3 

Thomas  C.  Henry, 

M.  C. 

1 

6 

"  NAMES. 

1814. 
Abner  W.  Kilpatrick, 
James  H.  Mills,     - 
David  Montfort,     - 
.John  Monteith, 
Silas  Pratt,  - 
Elisha  P.  Swift,     - 
Charles  Webster,  - 

1815. 
Thomas  Alexander,  N.  Car. 
Eleaz;\r  S.  Barrows, 
Thomas  J.  Biggs, 
Samuel  S.  Davis,  - 
Levin  I.  Gillis, 
Samuel  L.  Graham, 
Symmes  C.  Henry, 
Robert  H.  James,  - 
Gideon  N.  Judd,    - 
Isaac  Kellar, 
=*Sylvester  Larned, 
Benjamin.  I.  Lowe, 
^William  MTarlane,      - 
Gilbert  Morgan,     - 
Nicholas  Patterson, 
Isaac  W.  Piatt,      - 
Reuben  Post, 
Benjamin  VV.  Richards,  - 
Ravaud  K.  Rodgers, 
Charles  S.  Stewart, 
Salmon  Strong, 
James  S.  Woods,   - 

1816. 
James  C.  Barnes,  - 
George  S.  Boardman, 
Norris  Bull, 


Graduated. 

H. . 

S.C. 

W 

c. 

J. 

c. 

U. 

c. 

Wms.  C.  1 

U. 

c. 

M. 

c. 

N. 

H. 

M. 

C. 

N. 

H. 

W.  C.  V.  1 

N. 

H. 

c.  s.  c.  1 

u. 

C. 

w 

c. 

M 

c. 

N. 

H. 

D. 

C. 

U. 

C. 

N. 

H. 

N. 

H. 

M. 

C. 

N. 

H. 

N. 

H. 

N. 

H. 

w. 

C. 

D. 

C. 

U. 

C. 

Y. 

C. 

Resided  at  the 

Seminary. 

Y.     M. 


10 


1       3 

1     6 
3 

1  6 
3 

2  5 
2 

1  8 

2  6 

1  8 
3 

2  6 
3 

2     3 

3 

3 

1  1 
3 

3 
3 

2  10 

2 
3 
1     6 


73 


NAMES. 

Ucsidec] 

at  the 

1816. 

Graduated. 

Semi 
Y. 

fiary. 
M. 

Remembrance  Chamberlain, 

M.  C. 

3 

William  Chester,  - 

U.  C. 

1 

6 

Sylvester  Eaton,     - 

W.  C. 

1 

6 

Robert  Glenn, 

T.  U. 

2 

John  Goldsmith,    - 

N.H. 

3 

John  W.  Grier,      - 

D.  C. 

6 

Elias  Harrison, 

N.H. 

1 

Charles  Hodge, 

N.H. 

3 

Otto  S.  Hoyt, 

M.  C. 

1 

1 

William  James,     - 

N.H. 

2 

John  Johns, 

ditto 

2 

Aaron  D.  Lane,     - 

U.  C. 

3 

William  Moderwell, 

W.  C. 

2 

2 

William  Nevins,    - 

Y.  C. 

3 

*John  S.  Newbold, 

N.H. 

1 

6 

Absalom  Peters,     - 

Dart.  C. 

2 

6 

Andrew  W.  Poage, 

W.C. 

9 

Jonathan  Price,      - 

N.H. 

6 

Stephen  Saunders, 

ditto 

1 

3 

Wi  Ham  D.  Snodgrass,    - 

W.  C. 

2 

2 

William  B.  Sprague, 

Y.  C. 

2 

4 

Thomas  S.  Wickes, 

ditto 

2 

4 

Henry  Woodward,           -  . 

Dart.  C. 

2 

1817. 

William  B.  Barton, 

N.H. 

3 

Artemas  Boies, 

W.  C. 

1 

5 

Eli  W.  Caruthers, 

N.H. 

3 

Epaphras  Chapman," 

Y.  C. 

1 

9 

John  R.  Coe, 

U.  C. 

3 

Elias  W.  Crane,    - 

N.H. 

1 

Benjamin  Gildersleve,     - 

M.  C. 

7 

Lemuel  D.  Hatch, 

U.N.C. 

2 

3 

Moses  Hunter, 

u.  c. 

2 

2 

Lemuel  F.  Leake, 

N.H. 

1 

10 

74 


NAMES. 

liesided  at  the 

Graduated. 

Seminary, 

1817. 

Y.     M. 

David  M.  Magie,  - 

N.  H. 

3 

Charles  P.  M^lvaine,      - 

ditto 

1    11 

Nicholson  R.  Morgan,     - 

ditto 

2  10 

Azariah  G.  Orton, 

Wms.C. 

3 

David  H.  Philips,  - 

1   11 

John  J.  Pierce, 

N.  H. 

3 

Adams  W.  Piatt,    - 

U.  C. 

3 

Henry  Safford, 

Dart.  C. 

3 

Joseph  Smith, 

J.  C. 

1     5 

Constant  Southworth, 

M.  C. 

1     2 

John  H.  Van  Court, 

N.  H. 

3 

=^Job  P.  Vinal,       - 

U.C. 

1     6 

William  C.  Woodbridge, 

Y.  C. 

6 

1818. 

Thomas  Alexandep,  Ky.  - 

3 

William  J.  Armstrong,    - 

N.  H. 

5 

Amzi  Babbit, 

ditto 

5 

Isaac  Bard,  -         -         - 

2     2 

William  C.  Blair,  - 

J.  C. 

2     8 

Nathaniel  Conkling, 

N.  H. 

2     8 

Joseph  P.  Cunningham,  - 

T.U. 

3 

Joshua  N.  Danforth, 

Wms.C. 

2     7 

Austin  Dickinson,  - 

Dart.  C. 

3 

Joseph  Estabrook,  - 

ditto 

1     2 

Charles  Fitch, 

Wms.C. 

2   10 

William  H.  Foote, 

Y.  C. 

6 

Thompson  S.  Harris,      -   ' 

N.  H. 

3 

William  Henderson, 



3 

James  V.  Henry,   - 

N.  H. 

3 

John  Hudson, 

T.U. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Daniel  B.  Johnson, 

N.  H. 

3 

Robert  A.  Lapsley, 

3 

Thomas  Lounsbury, 

U.C. 

1     6 

Luke  Lyons, 

3 

75 


NAMES. 

1818. 
John  Maclean, 
Francis  M'Farland, 
Howard  Malcom, 
Joshua  Moore, 
Andrew  0.  Patterson, 
Henry  Perkins, 
Horace  S.  Pratt,    - 
Henry  L.  Rice, 
Samuel  S.  Schmucker, 
William  Scott, 
James  Smith, 
Thomas  M.  Strong, 
Andrew  Todd, 
William  C.  Warfield, 
Daniel  Waterbery, 
James  Williamson, 
Benjamin  B.  Wisner, 

1819. 
James  Baber, 
Robert  Baird, 
Charles  C.  Beatty, 
William  Q.  Beatty, 
Artemas  Bishop,     - 
Alfred  Chester, 
Samuel  F.  Darrach 
James  Douglass,    - 
Orson  Douglass,     - 
Edwin  Downer,     - 
Moses  T.  Harris,  - 
Charles  J.  Hinsdale, 
Abraham  B.  Hutton, 
James  L.  Marshall, 
Alexander  M-Farlane, 
James  M'Vean, 


liesidecl  at  the 

Graduate:!. 

Seminary. 

Y. 

M 

N.  H. 

In  the  Sem'y 

vv.  c. 

1 

10 

1 

4 

J.  C. 

3 

VV.  C. 

11 

U.  0. 

2 

2 

Y.  C. 

2 
3 

6 

U.  P. 

1 

7 

2 

6 

D.  C. 

2 

1 

C.  C. 

1 

7 

J.  C. 

3 

1 

10 

U.  C. 

3 

W.  C. 

1 

10 

U.  C. 

2 

1 

5 

J.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

N.  H. 

do. 

W.  C. 

1 

8 

U.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Y.  C. 

2 

N.  H. 

1 

7 

In  the  Sem'y 

M   C 

2 

2 

N.  H 

In  the  Sem'y 

do. 

Y.  C. 

1 

7 

U.  C. 

In  the 

Sem'y 

do. 

u.  c. 

1 

9 

do. 

2 

76 


NAMES. 

kesKlcid   111  Uic 

1819. 

Graduated. 

Seminary. 
Y.     M. 

Benjamin  Ogden,   - 

N.  H. 

2 

James  M.  Olmsted, 

U.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Michael  Osborn,    - 

ditto 

Theophilus  Parvin, 

U.  P. 

2 

'William  Fatten,     - 

M.  C. 

5 

Peter  0.  Studdiford, 

Q.  C. 

2 

*James  B.  Turner, 

In  the  Sem'v 

Abraham  Williamson,     - 

N.  H. 

2 

Alexander  Williamson,   - 

J.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Hugh  Wilson, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

•       1820. 

Albert  Barns, 

N.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

John  Blatchford,    - 

u.  c. 

ditto 

John  Breckinridge, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

George  Bush, 

Dart.  C. 

ditto 

Robert  B.  Campbell, 

In  the  Sem'y 

Augustus  L.  Chapin, 

Y.  C. 

ditto 

Cyrenius  Crosby, 

u.  c. 

now  absent 

Charles  C.  Darling, 

Y.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Stephen  Frontis,    - 

ditto 

Eldad  W.  Goodman,       - 

U.  C. 

ditto 

Baynard  R.  Hall, 

U.  C. 

ditto 

James  G.  Hamner, 

ditto 

Holloway  W.  Hunt, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

John  H.  Kennedy, 

J.  C. 

ditto 

Thomas  C.  Kennedy, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

Robert  R.  King,     -* 

U.  N.  C. 

1      1 

John  Knox, 

In  the  Sem'v 

James  G.  M'Neely, 

D.  C. 

ditto 

John  Peebles, 

J.  c. 

ditto 

George  Potts, 

U.  P. 

ditto 

Nathaniel  A.  Pratt, 

Y.  C. 

ditto 

Robert  Roy, 

ditto 

Joseph  Sanford,     - 

U.  C. 

ditto    _ 

77 


-       NAMES. 

Graduated. 

Resided  at  the 
Seminary. 

1820. 

Y.      M. 

Franklin  G.  Smith, 

M.  C. 

now  absent 

George  W.  L.  Smith, 

U.  C. 

ditto 

George  Stebbins,   - 

do. 

[n  the  Sem'y 

Daniel  Young, 

do. 

ditto 

1821. 

Lemuel  Bates, 

2 

Alanson  Benedict, 

Y.  C. 

In  the  Sem'y 

Francis  Bowman, 

U.  V. 

ditto 

Alexander  Campbell, 

J.  C. 

ditto 

Joseih  S.  Christmas, 

W.  C. 

ditto 

William  H.  Collins, 

ditto 

James  Chestney,  jun. 

ditto 

William  F.  Curry, 

ditto 

Henry  Duffield,     - 

ditto 

George  Dunham,  - 

now  absent 

Ambrose  Edson,     - 

In  the  Sem'y 

Amzi  Francis, 

M.  C. 

ditto 

Edward  E.  Gregory, 

ditto 

Cyrus  P.  Grosvenor, 

Dart.  C 

In  the  Sem'y 

HoUoway  W.  Hunt,  jun. 

N.  H. 

ditto 

Joseph  Hurlbut,     - 

Y.  C. 

ditto 

James  B.  Hyndshaw, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

James  H.  Johnston, 

H.  C. 

ditto 

James  Kerr, 

ditto 

William  G.  Krebs, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

John  V.  S.  Lansing, 

H.  C. 

ditto 

Samuel  Lawrence, 

ditto 

Henry  G.  Ludlow, 

ditto 

David  M'Kinney, 

J.  C. 

ditto 

Elam  J.  Morrison, 

U.  N.  C. 

ditto 

Joseph  Myers, 

u.  c. 

ditto 

Daniel  A.  Penick, 

H.  S.  C. 

ditto 

Samuel  P.  Pressley, 

T.  U. 

ditto 

John  G.  Raonells, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

7a 


NAMES. 

Resided  at  the 

Graduated. 

Se.rinafv. 

1821. 

Y         J 

Phinehas  Robinson, 

H.  a 

In  the  SemV 

Moses  C.  Searle,  - 

N.  H. 

ditto 

George  A.  Smith, 

N.  H. 

ditto 

Joseph  Trimble,    - 

J.  C. 

ditto 

Theodore  D.  Woolsey,    - 

Y   C. 

ditto 

John  Young,  jun.  - 

1822 

u  c. 

ditto 

Gilbert  Crawford, 

ditto 

Hugh  Caldwell.     - 

H.  S.  C. 

ditto 

Total  23T 

Deceased  9. 

79 


The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Seminary,  with  its 
present  Officers  and   Students,  are  as  Ibllows. 

BOARD  OF   DIRECTORS. 

MINISTERS. 

Rev.  ASHBEL  GREEN,  D.  D.  LL.  D.  President. 
Rev.  JOHN  WOODHULL,  D  D.  1st  V.  President. 
Rev.  JACOB  J.  JANEWAY,  D.  D.  2d  V.  President. 
Rev.  JOHN  MCDOWELL,  D.  D.  Secretary. 

Rev.  Robert  G.  Wilson,  D.D 
Rev.  Joseph  Caldwell,  D.D. 
Rev.EliphaletNott,  D.D. 
Rev.  Asa  Hillyer,  D.D. 
Rev.  John  Chester,  D.D. 
Rev.  Jolm  H.  Rice,  D.D. 
Rev.  Gardner  Spring",  D.D. 
Rev.  Matthew  L.  R.  Perrine,  D.D. 


Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
*Rev 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 


John  B.  Ronieyn,  D.D 
William  Neill,  D.D. 
James  Richards,  D.D. 
Ebenezer  Grant. 
Samuel  Blatchford 
John  Johnston, 
Francis  Herron, 
David  Comfort, 
John  E.  Latta, 


D.D. 


ELDERS. 


Samuel  Bayard,  Esquire. 
Thomas  Bradford,  jun.  Esq. 
Benjamin  Strong",  Esq. 
Divie  Bethune,  Esq. 
Robert  Lenox,  Esq. 


Alexander  Henry,  Esq. 
Mr.  Zachariah  Lewis, 
Dr.  John  Vancleve, 
Eiias  B.  Caldwell,  Esq. 


PROFESSORS. 

Rev.  ARCHIBALD  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.  Professor 
of  Didactic  and  Polemic  Theology. 

Rev.  SAMUEL  MILLER,  D.  D.  Professor  of  Ecclesi- 
astical History  and  Church  Government. 

Rev.  CHARLES  HODGE,  A.  M.  Teacher  of  the  Ori- 
ginal Languages  of  Scripture. 

[The  Instruction  in  Biblical  Literature  and  PastoralTheolog'y  is 
conducted  by  Dr.  Alexander;  that  on  the  composition  and  delive- 
ry of  Sermons  by  Dr.  Miller.] 

♦Deceased 


80 


STUDENTS. 


FIRST  CLASS. 


NAMES. 


Robert  Baird 
Charles  C.  Beatty 
Artenias  Bishop 
John  Breckinridge 
Augustus  L.  Chapin 
James  Douglass 
Edwin  Downer 
Moses  M.  Harris 
John  Hudson 
Holloway  W.  Hunt 
Abraham  B.  Hutton 
Joseph  Hurlbut 
Thomas  C.  Kennedy 
John  Maclean 
James  L.  Marshall 
James  M.  Olmsted 
Michael  Osborn 
George  Potts 
jFranklin  G.  Smith 
Alexander  Williamson 
Hugh  Wilson 


RESIDENCE. 

Fayette  Co.  Penn. 
Princeton,  N.  J. 
Oswego,  N.  Y. 
Lexington,  Ky. 
W.  Springfield,  Mass. 
Augusta  Co.  Va. 
Westfield,  N.  J. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lexington,  Ky. 
Sussex  Co.  N.  J. 
Stillwater,  N.  Y. 
New-London,  Conn. 
Easton,  Pa. 
Princeton,  N.  J. 
Fayette  Co.  Ky. 
Malta,  N.  Y. 
New-York,  N.  Y. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Benson,  Vert. 
New-Ville,  Pa. 
Iredell  Co.  N.  C. 


Albert  Barn^ 
John  Blatchlbrd 
Francis  Bowman 

I  Now  absent. 


SECOND  CLASS. 

Rome,  N.  Y. 


Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. 
Westford,  Vt. 


81 


NAMES. 

George  Bush 
Robert  B.  Campbell 
James  Chestney,  jun. 
fCyrenius  Crosby 
William  F.  Curry 
Charles  C.  Darling 
Amzi  Francis 
Stephen  Frontis 
Elded  W.  Goodman 
Edward  E.  Gregory 
Cyrus  Pitt  Grosvenor 
Baynard  R.  Hall 
James  G.  Hamner 
Holloway  W.  Hunt,  jun. 
John  H.  Kennedy 
John  Knox 
Samuel  Lawrence 
James  G.  M'Neely 
John  Peebles 
Nathaniel  A.  Pratt 
Robert  Roy 
Joseph  Sanford 
tGeorge  W.  L.  Smith 
George  Stebbins 
Joseph  Trimble 
Daniel  Youns; 


RESIDENCE. 

Hanover,  N.  H. 
Abbeville,  S.  C. 
Albany,  N.  Y. 
Montgomery,  N.  Y. 
Paris,  Ky. 
New-Haven,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Bolton,  N.  Y. 
Sandlake,  N.  Y. 
Brookfield,  Mass. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Charlotte  Co.  Va. 
Hunterdon  Co.  N.  J. 
Cumberland,  Md. 
Loudon,  Va. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Gettysburgh,  Pa. 
Shippensburgh,  Pa. 
Saybrook,  Conn. 
Warwick,  N.  Y. 
New- York,  N.  Y. 
Trov,  N.  Y. 
Goshen,  N.  Y. 
Cumberland  Co.  Penn. 
Walkill,  N.  Y. 


THIRD  CLASS. 

Alanson  Benedict  Bridgeport,  Conn 

Gilbert  Crawford  Cherry  Valley. 

Alexander  Campbell  Warren,  Penn. 


■\  Xow  absent. 


82 


NAMES. 

RESIDENCE. 

Joseph  Stibbs  Christmas 

Wooster,  Ohio. 

William  H.  Collins 

Somerset  Co.  Md. 

Hugh  Caldwell 

Virginia. 

Henry  Duffield 

Chester  Co.  Penn. 

fGeorge  Dunham 

Berlin,  Conn. 

Ambrose  Edson 

Stafford,  Conn. 

James  B.  Hyndshavv 

Sussex  Co.  N.  J. 

James  H.  Johnston 

Sidney,  N.  Y. 

James  Kerr 

Guilford,  N.  Car. 

William  G.  Krebs 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

John  V.  S.  Lansing 

Johnstown,  N.  Y. 

Henry  G.  Ludlow 

Kindcrhook,  N.  Y. 

David  M'Kinney 

Bellefont,  Penn. 

El  am  J.  Morrison 

Mecklenbersj  Co.  N.  C. 

Joseph  Myers 

Whitehall,  N.  Y. 

Daniel  A.  Penick 

Cumberland  Co.  Va. 

Samuel  P.  Pressley 

Abbeville  Dist.  S.  C. 

John  G.  Rannells 

Paris,  Ky. 

Phinehas  Robinson 

Brookhaven,  N.  Y. 

Moses  C.  Searle 

Rowley,  Mass. 

George  A.  Smith 

Alexandria,  D.  C. 

Theodore  D.  Woolsey 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

John  Young, jun. 

Springfield,  N.  Y. 

f  Now  absent. 

First  Class, 

21 

Second  Class,         29 

Third  Class 

26 

Total,     76=*^ 
Absent,    4 

*  Besides  the  number  included  in  the  above  list,  there  are  tour 
other  students  resident  in  the  Seminary,  and  pursuing  their  stu- 
dies, but  not  in  regular  connection  with  awy  Class,  One  of  these 
has  gone  through  a  course  of  three  years  in  the  Seminary;  and 
the  other  three  have  already  attended  to  the  studies  of  the  second 
and  thit^d years.  Of  course,  there  are  eighty  connected  with  the 
institution. 


83 
LIST  OF  STUDIES  IN  THE  SEMINARY. 

Third  Class  or  first  Year, 

Original  languages  of  Scripture — Sacred  Cronology — 
Sacred  Geograph}^ — Biblical  and  Profane  History  con- 
nected— Jewish  Antiquities,  and  Exegetical  Theology. 

Second  Class  or  Second  Year. 

Biblical  Criticism — Didactic  Theology — Ecclesiasti- 
cal History,  and. Hebrew  Language  continued. 

First  Class  or  Third  Year. 

Didactic  Theology  continued — Polemic  Theology — 
Ecclesiastical  History  continued — Church  Government 
—Composition  and  delivery  of  Sermons — and  the  Pas- 
toral Care. 

N.  B.  As  the  course  above  stated  always  commences 
in  the  fall,  that,. is  of  course  considered  the  most  favour- 
able time  for  students  to  enter  the  Seminary. 

There  are  two  vacations  in  the  Seminary,  of  six  weeks 
continuance  each.  The  first  commencing  on  the  Wed- 
nesday proceding  the  third  Thursday  of  May;  and  the 
second,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  September  in  each 
vear. 


84 


CHAPTER  IX. 

Of  Vacations  inthe  Seminary;  and  of  several  other  Mis- 
cellaneous Particulars. 

The  Spring  vacation  commences  on  the  Monday  im- 
mediately preceding  the  third  Thursday  of  May;  and  con- 
tinues six  weeks;  the  vacation  in  the  Autumn  commen- 
ces on  the  Monday  preceding  the  last  Wednesday  in 
September,  and  continues  six  weeks.  The  Winter  va- 
cation, of  two  weeks,  is  generally  made  to  fall  as  near- 
ly as  convenience  will  permit,  about  the  middle  of  the 
Winter  Session. 

Students  may  enter  the  Seminary  at  any  time.  But, 
as  a  new  class  is  always  formed  at  the  commencement 
of  each  Winter  Session,  which  is  early  in  November,  and 
the  course  of  instruction  then  begins,  it  is  evident,  that 
those  who  mean  to  go  through  a  complete  course,  will  en- 
ter most  advantageously  in  the  Fall.  It  is  also  highly 
important  that  students  enter  punctually  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Session.  In  studying  the  elements  of  seve- 
ral branches  of  knowledge,  and  especially  of  the  Hebrew 
Language,  the  student  who  enters  a  week,  or  even  two 
or  three  days,  behind  the  class  which  he  joins,  not  only 
subjects  his  instructor  to  some  inconvenience,  but  incurs 
himself  a  still  more  serious  disadvantage.  No  student 
who  means  to  avail  himself  of  every  privilege  connected 
with  this  Institution,  ought  ever  to  allow  himself  to  be 


85 

absent  an  hour  after  the  commencement  of  any  session, 
and  especially  of  that  in  which  he  begins  his  connection 
with  the  Seminary. 

The  Testimonials  to  be  produced  by  every  applicant 
for  admission  into  the  Seminary,  are  specitied  in  the  Plan, 
in  the  following  words — "  Every  student  applying  for 
"  admission,  shall  produce  sdiisfactoiy  testimonials  that 
"  he  possesses  good  natural  talents,  and  is  of  a  prudent 
"  and  discreet  deportment;  that  he  is  in  full  communion 
"  with  some  regular  Church;  that  he  has  passed  through 
"  a  regular  course  of  academical  study;  or,  wanting  this, 
"  he  shall  submit  himself  to  an  examination  in  regard  to 
"  the  branches  of  literature  taught  in  such  a  r.ourse." 

Students  who  have  been  received  by  Presbyteries, 
and  are  on  trial  before  them  for  licensure,  on  producing 
regular  testimonials  from  such  Presbyteries,  certifying 
these  facts,  and  also  certifying  that  they  have  passed,  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Presbyteries,  their  trials  on  College 
studies — are  admitted  into  the  Seminary  of  course. 


CHAPTER  X. 

Forms  of  a  bequest  of  personal  property,  and  a  devise 
of  real  estate  to  the  Theological  Seminary. 

IN  CASES  OF  PERSONAL  PROPERTY. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  the  General 

Assemblv   of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
8 


86 

States  of  America,  and  to  their  Successors  and  Assigns,  the 

sum  of  or  shares  in  the  Bank  of 

(or  any  other  personal  property^  as  the  case  may  be)  to  be 
applied  to  the  use  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  said 
Church,  and  now  located  at  Princeton,  in  the  state  of 
New- Jersey;  or,  to  the  support  of  students  in  indigent 
circumstances  in  said  Seminary;  or^  to  such  other  uses  as 
the  testator  may  think  proper  to  express. 

IN  CASES  OF  REAL   ESTATE. 

I  give  and  devise  to  the  Trustees,  &c.  (as  above")  all 
that  tract  or  lot  of  land  or  tenement  messuage  or  ot  her 
real  estate,  (as  the  causemay  be)  situate  in,  &c.  for  the 
use,  &c.  {as  above.) 

The  above  forms  may  be  used  by  a  testator  residing 
in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  where  the  Trustees  of  the 
General  Assembly  have  been  incorporated;  but  in  the 
other  states  of  the  union  the  following  forms  are  recom- 
mended, viz: 

IN  CASES  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 

I  give  and  devise  unto  A,  B,  &  C,*  and  the  survivors 
and  survivor  of  them,  and  the  heirs  of  such  survivors, 
(describe  the  real  estate)  for  the  use  of,  and  in  trust  for, 
the  directors  of  the  Theological  Se.  inary  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  the  United  States,  now  located  at 
Princeton,  in  the  state  of  New-Jersey. 

*  The  testator  may  appoint  but  one  or  two  trustees,  if  he 
thinks  proper. 


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IN  CASES  OF  PERSONAL  ESTATE. 

I  give  and  bequeath,  (as  above,  excepting  instead  of 
"  the  heirs  of  such  survivor,"  say,)  the  executors,  ad- 
ministrators and  assigns  of  such  survivor. 


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